Jacobs reviews

4.0

82% would recommend to a friend

(7,785 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 7,785 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
4.0
Apr 23, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Salary was good. Good cross-section of co-workers. Ease of working with clients.

Cons

Need to improve sales force to get more projects. Months prior to oil price crash we continued to get the same message that new project work is coming but it never did.

4.0
Apr 15, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Safety is a high priority. Salaries are fair. Good people to work with. Job security Is above average.

Cons

Location relative to traffic is horrible. Lots of dead weight. Much more value put on perception than reality employee wise. Not enough value placed on technical ability. Benefits are horribly expensive.

2.0
Apr 13, 2015

Poject Manager

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

As mentioned, the company does offer a good life/work balance and acceptable pay.

Cons

We all know that engineering firm work is based upon client workload and as such there is an amount of ramp up and then lay off based upon work load. However, I have never worked for a company that practiced the "revolving door" to the extent that Jacobs does. You ZERO job security - even in the "good" times. God help you in the bad times because Jacobs surely won't No severance - no anything. Oh, and the benefits are among the weakest in the industry.

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