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    Found 2681 reviews

    3.6
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    69%
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    80%
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    Jacobs CEO Steven Demetriou
    Steven Demetriou
    622 Ratings
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    1. "Great Place to work"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Principal 
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Jacobs full-time for more than a year

      Pros

      Cooperative working place Good people

      Cons

      Huge company that you need to find your way in it

      Jacobs2019-07-29

    2. "Working at JAcobs Engineering"

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      Former Employee - Senior Risk Manager in Sydney
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Jacobs full-time for more than 5 years

      Pros

      Excellent growth, career, and travel opportunities.

      Cons

      Very large company!! 75,000 + employees, can be hard to be visible.

      Jacobs2019-09-07
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    3. "Jacobs isn't just for engineers"

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      Current Employee - Archaeologist 
      Recommends
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Jacobs full-time

      Pros

      Jacobs hires ecologists and archaeologists, from graduates to seniors, and has a good culture and gender balance in this area

      Cons

      Work can be quite stressful with right deadlines and a focus on billability

      Jacobs2019-09-07

    4. "Work-life balance"

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      Current Employee - Graduate Architect in Melbourne

      I have been working at Jacobs full-time for more than a year

      Pros

      Flexible hours of working as long as work is produced on time with good quality

      Cons

      Slow adaption to new technology

      Jacobs2019-08-15

    5. "Varied work"

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      Current Employee - Senior Consultant 

      I have been working at Jacobs full-time for more than 3 years

      Pros

      Practice flexible work, great people

      Cons

      High deliverable expectations, tight schedule

      Jacobs2019-06-12

    6. "Great remuneration without career progression"

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      Former Employee - Project Director in Brisbane
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No Opinion of CEO

      I worked at Jacobs full-time for more than a year

      Pros

      Large company with wonderful systems and procedures Great remuneration and bonus structure

      Cons

      Lack of career progression

      Advice to Management

      Groom your key staff to ensure retention and engagement

      Jacobs2019-06-08

    7. "Jacobs graduate program"

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      Former Employee - Graduate Engineer in Sydney
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Jacobs full-time for more than a year

      Pros

      Flexible working hours and ability to work from home

      Cons

      Some senior engineers not very good at teaching and delegating meaningful work to graduates

      Advice to Management

      Get graduates involved in meaning project work not just what senior engineers don’t want.

      Jacobs2019-06-06

    8. "excellent employer with multiple opportunities"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee 

      I worked at Jacobs full-time

      Pros

      good pay with friendly colleagues

      Cons

      too many challenges with fast pace task

      Jacobs2019-05-31

    9. "Good opportunity, bad pay"

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      Former Employee - Graduate Engineer in Melbourne
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No Opinion of CEO

      I worked at Jacobs full-time for more than 3 years

      Pros

      Lot of experienced people to learn from Chance to work on some of the largest projects in the country

      Cons

      Lack of training for graduates, no structured development Sub-par salary. After three years you'll be on around the same as the starting salary at other consultancies.

      Advice to Management

      Review your training structure for graduates and keep tabs on the salaries at other competitor firms to ensure your people don't leave.

      Jacobs2019-05-15

    10. "Lots of opportunities"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Jacobs part-time

      Pros

      friendly environment, lots of opportunities, staff seem mostly happy

      Cons

      the chairs are not comfortable

      Jacobs2019-05-11
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