IT | Poor Management and Unrealistic Workload - IT Support Specialist Jacobs Employee Review

2.0
Feb 14, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Many projects and opportunities to take on new projects and learn new technologies -Great relationships among individual contributors within IT

Cons

-Unrealistic expectations from the business that project upon project can be added to IT workload without any additional resourcing; even for temporary project backfill -Failure of middle and senior management in IT to set realistic expectations and champion the companies biggest asset - PEOPLE -Major lack of culture and personal empathy within IT. The company as a whole does well, but this does not extend in IT. -No opportunity in annual review for peer or 360 reviews of management. Many managers are in place by default due to longevity in the company.

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3.0
Jul 6, 2026
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Pros

Decent culture, individual contributors are fine, management is lacking

Cons

The company operates like many smaller companies depending on which business market you are in so your experience will vary. For some, it's the best company, others will say it's the worst; it just depends on your region/group even at the local level. Water/wastewater is a good market in most offices, transportation is hit an miss depending on location.

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