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
3.0
Jun 29, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Jacobs Engineering is a great place to work when the private sector is down. Most of Jacobs Global Building Division work comes from Federal contracts, so there's always a lot of work during those down periods and the Government funds a lot of projects. Fast paced projects. High value on safety.

Cons

Management's understanding of how technology can benefit the company at the production level. Little training outside of required safety and HR training. Very much an 'old-boy's' network. You must know someone to feel safe when the chips are down.

2.0
Jun 24, 2014

Supply Chain Management

Recommend
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Pros

Four different schedules for flexible hours with a two hour window for start times. There are a great number of excellent people.

Cons

Nepotism. Unqualified Managers. They are laying off hard working qualified staff and keeping many of the brown-nosers and backstabbers. Outsourcing the work to India. Reprimand first, ask questions later, if at all!

4.0
Jun 24, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Jacobs ASG offers its contract employees exceptional salaries, training opportunities, increased leadership responsibilities, and excellent time-off options offered during overseas deployments as contractors.

Cons

Jacobs ASG values and targets exceptional leaders for contracted management positions overseas while rewarding its productive members with various awards, citations, and financial incentives.

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