Jacobs reviews

4.0

81% would recommend to a friend

(7,770 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 7,770 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
Feb 20, 2012

Was given plenty of opportunity and freedom.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Large company, good salaries, good opportunity to work all over the world on interesting projects. Given a lot of lattitude to execute the work.

Cons

Reorganised every six months. Upper management not responsive to internal problems. Reactive rather than proactive.

5.0
Feb 17, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Laid back and professional environment.

Cons

Isolated from lines of communication.

2.0
Feb 16, 2012

Keep your head down

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

If you become a liked individual you will be given preference for how you are treated. This includes work assigned, flex time, raises...etc.

Cons

Knowledge sharing is actively discouraged. Schedules are haphazardly defined. Some projects are way overstimated while others are way underestimated. Middle management tends to avoid issues until upper management deems there is a problem.

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