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      4.0

      81% would recommend to a friend

      (7,775 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 7,775 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
      Dec 20, 2012

      American Culture

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Clear strategy and values - long-term view.

      Cons

      Risk averse resulting in mountains of process and procedures. Most senior management constantly changing.

      2.0
      Dec 16, 2012

      Too big to tailor their approaches to different styles of business

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Offices in lots of locations

      Cons

      One size fits all approach to all types of business just doesn't work Safety culture heavy handed irrespective of your role or actual risks Amateur senior management - no strategy

      4.0
      Dec 13, 2012

      Mostly good

      Engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Fairly positive and supportive work atmosphere - Attempts were made to retain employees as best as possible, even in the face of layoffs

      Cons

      - Succumbed to some goofy ideas and tangents from various persons and "gurus" - Got carried away for awhile with metrics and bean-counting that was mindlessly pointless - Lack of standing up to respectible work ethics. The company started signing up with any kind of work, no matter how questionable, to make a buck (tar sands, nuclear energy, etc.)

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