Very good employer to work for but needs to fix cons - Engineer Jacobs Employee Review

3.0
Aug 9, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great talent in overall team, very good infrastructure, good number of job opportunities, great EPCM for mid-major scale projects, presence in multiple cities, states, nations, competitive cost to customer, good salaries, fast promotions if you have connections, serious for industrial and office safety and professional in customer orientation, respect for project schedules and quality of work, desire for accuracy

Cons

Mid - senior level management politics, back-stabbing, lack of control over spreading lies of fellow employees by easy-ear management, promotions based on connections only, unfair opportunity assignments, lack of rigor in just and fair performance evaluation, lack of effective talent development program, sometimes ignorant of customer needs, poor sales development, lack of rigor in the engineering department, fails to win bids for small projects due to unjustified bureaucratic cost estimates, huge overhead billing, lack of control by management on unjustified billing, lack of talent and success identification

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

The company operates like many smaller companies depending on which business market you are in so your experience will vary. For some, it's the best company, others will say it's the worst; it just depends on your region/group even at the local level. Water/wastewater is a good market in most offices, transportation is hit an miss depending on location.

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