overall good company to start your career - Anonymous employee Jacobs Employee Review

3.0
Feb 15, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Encourages work/life balance; improved benefits; talented employees to learn from and work with

Cons

Workload is unpredictable; no long term outlook; more conservative in taking risks; lack of training / personal development and constant hiring from outside contractors instead of promoting/developing existing talent makes one feel stagnant; work culture is more conservative and there aren’t a lot of team bonding or fun activities; no incentives

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Pros

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Cons

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