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      4.0

      82% would recommend to a friend

      (7,787 total reviews)
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      Bob Pragada

      90% approve of CEO

      69% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.0

      Culture & values

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Career opportunities

      3.6

      Senior management

      3.6

      Compensation and benefits

      Jacobs has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 7,787 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
      1.0
      Nov 19, 2014

      Technician

      Engineering technician
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Government work. Little to no oversight, no supervision to speak of ... keep your head down and mouth shut ... as long as you are billable, out of sight, you are out of your mind ... and theirs.

      Cons

      The supervision has no ethics. That would get in the way of making money off the government. If you work for them you work in a co-employment environment with the subcontractors and the government where doing anything may not be the right thing ... look behind the facade before working for them.

      1.0
      Nov 9, 2014

      Poor Management

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      connected to NASA and loved working with the NASA employees

      Cons

      Management was not very knowledgeable about things and they always seemed to keep their employees in the dark. Too many unknown layoffs.

      2.0
      Nov 4, 2014

      Jacobs, Tucson, AZ

      Administrative assistant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      There were no pros for this company.

      Cons

      They acquired us and proceeded to destroy the Tucson office (Mining & Minerals) as many of the engineers who had worked for them before predicted and they were not happy to be working for Jacobs again. As an admin assistant I was treated like a disposable commodity and within two years the staff went from about 150 down to 60. The mining companies in the area (FreeportMcmaran, etc.) did not want to work with Jacobs so they were not able to get any new projects. The medical benefits were terrible. Overtime became mandatory so forget work/life balance. It was dismal.

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