Jacobs Reviews

4.0

81% would recommend to a friend

(7,755 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 7,755 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 and maintenance industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
8 July 2015

after merging with SKM, redundancy start

Anonymous employee
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Pros

nothing to write about here

Cons

taking advantages of people and then redundancy them..

1.0
13 Apr 2015
Recommend
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Pros

you get paid nothing else

Cons

As a legacy SKM staff, I was expecting a much more from the acquisition. Instead the sole focus for the company is the bottom line and essentially a number to meet utilisation targets. You position is not safe even if you meet the allocated target as some people in my office have found out. Don't believe the people are our greatest asset slogan. Management has been reduced to bean counters with a culture of fear not empowerment. I could go on, but compared to SKM, Jacobs does not look after its people and you are virtually on your own to find work. The inside/outside sales process does not work and provides non billable staff credit for projects operations would have won through established relationships. Professional development focus on 1 -10 years experience. Little training was offered for 20+ years.

1.0
10 May 2020

Inclusion and diversity

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Pros

Just Flexible hours and nice office

Cons

They talk about the diversity and inclusion a lot. but nothing is done! in Australia they have started to make people redundant. They have targeted all the female migrants.

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