Jacobs reviews

4.0

82% would recommend to a friend

(7,788 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 7,788 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
Jun 17, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Flexible work schedule. If you find your niche, do your job, and keep your head down, you have some level of job security.

Cons

Too much pressure to remain 100% billable at all levels. Some employees have no control over their project assignments or lack thereof. Also, extreme favoritism is shown. There are employees that should have been laid off years ago! Advancement/raises depend on who you know, not your quality of work. Corporate is spending a ton of money moving everyone into an open floor plan environment with cheap looking furnishings reminiscent of a call center. Very little room for growth and creativity.

2.0
Jun 4, 2013

Very disappointing

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Location, starting pay, benifits, flexible schedule

Cons

Jacobs does not stand behind their word during recruitment...get it in writing before you commit. Departments are in total personnel disarray. Job descriptions do not match the caliber of persons actually placed in positions of upper management. Org chart is a joke. Lots of talk and no action. Overall, the unwritten practice of Jacobs is, "Just give it to them as it is, they took it last time." I actually heard a Program Manager state in a meeting of Program Leads that it is the client's job to accommodate Jacobs, not the other way around. No pride in product delivered to client.

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