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Jacobs Employee Reviews about "work life balance"
Updated Oct 12, 2021
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Pros
- "the people are great and there are a lot of optional employee groups you can join to connect with people with similar viewpoints" (in 371 reviews)
- "They offer many good benefits and are always hosting morale functions for employees and their family members." (in 265 reviews)
- "Good salary and they put a lot of trust in their employees to work independently and take initiative and provide solutions for the clients." (in 190 reviews)
Cons
- "Poor management... they waste most of the job budget on very high salaried people in meetings where very little if anything is accomplished." (in 237 reviews)
- "No Bonus As Provide Engg services to other companies work scope could be limited Hardly any international assignment opportunity" (in 60 reviews)
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Reviews about "work life balance"
Return to all Reviews- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Good work life balance and flexibility. Some training opportunities.
Cons
Pay is subpar, no bonus, and they will not give you your 401k match if you leave before Dec 31. You must be employed on that date or you don't get the match for the entire year. No HR or training support most of the time. If you're <10 years experience, go somewhere else.
Continue reading - Former Employee★★★★★
The only good thing is flexibility
Jun 11, 2018 - Project Support in London, EnglandRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Someone's mentioned this before but this is the place to work if you want to do the least as possible Flexibility and good work life balance
Cons
No training budget No progression No use of specialist software for discipline Narcisstic and lazy line managers Come here if you want to remain stagnant in your career
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
One pro is the people.
Cons
It’s a huge corporate company with not enough work life balance and too much focus on budget
- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Enjoyable Work Place
May 22, 2015 - Senior Piping Designer in Houston, TXRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
The work environment & discipline leads I worked with were very flexible when it came to balancing work & home life.
Cons
A little behind the curve technology-wise. Adding more pertinent training to help individuals advance in their career would be ideal.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 10 years★★★★★
Pros
My job is in supporting USSOCOM. A great match for those that want a challenge and support the military, and especially want to be a part of the Special Forces mission. The work is challenging yet the work schedule is good with a nice work/life balance.
Cons
Most folks must work on site with limited opportunity to telework.
- Former Employee★★★★★
If you like working for a huge company this is the place to be.
Nov 2, 2017 - Anonymous EmployeeRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
I had the opportunity to work with the best of the best globally and was given a lot of great projects to complete. Once you prove yourself, the sky is the limit, provided you have a good manager.
Cons
My work life balance was horrendous; already overloaded it didn't matter if I asked for help - it was always shot down. Micromanaging, lack of support and throwing your own employee under the bus will not help in lasting careers. Workload is unbalanced. Telling your team that maybe putting in more hours when you're already putting in 50+ is obnoxious.
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Good work life balance and routine
Cons
Too monotonous and scripted, decent management
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Friendly people-Flexible work schedule -Safety is the top priorities for the company - Perfect work/life balance however sometimes work need to be done over the weekend to be delivered on time which is ok for me.
Cons
Lack of offered training- No bounces- Minimum annual increase
Continue reading - Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
work life balance is good in Jacobs and hybrid working culture is there
Cons
repeated work in this company
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Good Company, Poor middle management.
Mar 13, 2023 - Network Engineer in Colorado Springs, CORecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Work life balance is good and fair. There is growth but its based on those who retire or move on.
Cons
Jacobs is a good company but ruined with lack of direction from middle management.
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