Jacobs reviews

4.0

81% would recommend to a friend

(7,761 total reviews)
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Bob Pragada

90% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Jacobs has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 7,761 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
Dec 13, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

You get paid on time, they have a 9-8-0 work schedule, the building is nice, the bathrooms are kept immaculate, they have a parking garage, and they have a deli in each of the two buildings in Houston.

Cons

If you like being discriminated against and enjoy a company that picks and chooses which rules they want to enforce for certain people while ignoring others who blatantly violate those rules, then this is the place for you. What's not okay for you is perfectly fine for others to do. Just depends on who it is. It's the worst "Good Ol' Boys" company you'll ever find. They choose to enforce policies based on who you are, not what you do, and no one is treated equitably. You will be ousted for "violating" policies while 5 times as many people who do the exact same thing are never even approached for openly "violating" the same policy. They will set you up so that it is impossible to accomplish what they ask, then accuse you of not performing, and, then they refuse to hear your side of any explanation. In 30 years of working in the engineering industry - as an engineer - I have never seen any company treat their employees as unprofessionally or as rudely as this company does. Run - don't walk - as fast as you can from this place.

1.0
Jul 13, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Backstabbing can almost be like acupuncture at times

Cons

Sends USA and UK work to Poland & India "Service" Centers to avoid native born pay/benefit demands. Typical corporate rah rah BS while no real internal transfer opportunity. Management consisting almost entirely of payola outcomes - phony bolognas!

1.0
Jul 1, 2020

Gutted our company

Recommend
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Pros

I cannot think of any pros other than large company with global footprint if you want to move around?

Cons

Took our amazing company (KeyW) and completely gutted our benefits, corporate culture, hiring structure, salary potential, and motivation to try our best everyday. I no longer brag about my job to my friends or talk about how great it is and that’s a pure shame. Very disappointed and will be looking elsewhere. Congrats to big wigs for moving in the direction of losing talented employees. I wish we were never acquired.

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