Jacobs reviews

4.0

81% would recommend to a friend

(7,764 total reviews)
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Bob Pragada

90% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Jacobs has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 7,764 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Jacobs employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Construction, Repair & Maintenance Services industry (3.7 stars).

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8K reviews
1.0
Apr 19, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible hours and the availablity to take off as you please, but with no pay.

Cons

Benefits are now really not worth signing up for, you can probably get something better on your own, the quote people are our greatest asset is a false statement, I can say with no doubt the managers want nothing but the cheapest product with no regard for quality or safety, we have lost so many clients just with the mere mention of outsourcing our work and design. The work that is sent out of this country is astounding, with so many people put out of work you have to wonder what is happening and how this is happening.

1.0
Aug 13, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Jacobs offers a flexible schedule. Instead of having separate sick leave, all time off is put in a PTO category, so if you don't get sick, you get an extra week of vacation each year.

Cons

There's no room for advancement. Management is incompetent, and most have no management skills to speak of... There is incredible disparity in salaries. When problems arise, they believe assigning more extremely highly paid people at it to fix it, and when those individuals fail to help matters at all, nothing is done.

2.0
May 19, 2010

Sad place to work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It's a fine place to work if you want to work 9-5 every day with no career progression.

Cons

Horribly undervalue semployees for a company that goes by "People are our greatest assets."

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