Jacobs reviews

4.0

81% would recommend to a friend

(7,773 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 7,773 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
2.0
Oct 14, 2015

Project Manager

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good project management systems for large projects. Good contract assessment and approvals process for large projects. Professional memberships paid for by company up to $700 per year.

Cons

Project Management and execution systems not tailored for the small projects, less than $20 million. Lack of career and personal development courses or initiatives. Silo'd organisation no cross industry support or opportunities.

4.0
Oct 10, 2015

Summer Placement Engineer

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good management structure who are there to help along with friendly staff. They treat the placements students well and involve them in proper work where other employers will just make them do donkey work/secretarial jobs.

Cons

Some of the work was tedious at the start of projects

4.0
Oct 6, 2015

Senior structural engineer

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

good company, flexible work arrangements

Cons

less variety of work, no assignment opportunities

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