Nice place for getting a paycheck, bad place to build a career - Accounting Jacobs Employee Review

3.0
Sep 30, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

It is not a job that will have you put in extra hours, or force you to take work home. The position is hourly, so you get paid for the work you do. It is a generally lax atmosphere, so you are not put to task very often. Good place for an easy, steady paycheck that you can get without exerting yourself or having to ever even use your brain.

Cons

If you are looking to build a career, and learn new skills, this is not the place to do it. They do a lot of good work in engineering, and are cutting edge, but the support departments like IT and Accounting are largely just around to do the bare minimum. This is not a good place to be if you are not in the core departments. Also, the politics will get to you. That is a guarantee.

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Cons

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