Jacobs reviews

4.0

81% would recommend to a friend

(7,770 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 7,770 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
2.0
Apr 4, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Big construction/engineering company. Well known of getting high profile projects. Willing to take risk even how difficult the project is.

Cons

Poor management judgement. Some biases and favoritism in terms of decision making. Management prefer more with who they know and not what you know. Health care benefit is bad, choosing best healthcare will cost to Jacobs employee almost equivalent to Walmart employee's minimum paycheck. No job security even how good you are in the job or considered company job performer. Management will not invest to pay you couple weeks while waiting for maybe future projects. It is a public company so if you do not have projects line-up you will get laid-off even the next day.

2.0
Feb 10, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Jacobs pays well. The ppl are Texas friendly. They are safety aware.

Cons

They have outsourced over half of all positions to india. Management is terrible They are all so fearful of losing their jobs, they will not make a move without cautiously seeking upper management approval. The approval process takes forever. Creativity is stiffled.

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