Jacobs reviews

4.0

81% would recommend to a friend

(7,773 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 7,773 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
Mar 26, 2014

Employees are commodities....like cattle to the slaughterhouse

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Decent benefits, flexible hours, many locations

Cons

Constant fear of lay-offs, client dissatisfaction with Jacobs (corporate) results in loss of long time clients

1.0
Jan 27, 2014

Don't bother

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Some good people to work with, flexible hours

Cons

Benefits, management, you will always be worried about your job. Don't let them fool you that they care about you. It's all about the company and you will be laid off if you are not 40 hours billable, even though your bosses are the ones to assign you work. Professional Engineers will keep the work to themselves if things get slow so that they stay 40 hours billable.

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