Bums on seats are our greatest asset - Civil Engineer Jacobs Employee Review

1.0
19 Nov 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Access to a wide range of expertise and projects.

Cons

You are no more than a cog in the machine. The absolute focus on utilisation means that if you are between projects, you are no or than 2 weeks from a long term secondment to a client to search archives and get forgotten about. If you are lucky enough to stay within the company, as a graduate, your career is likely to be wasted becoming an expert in managing a spreadsheet or just being a bum on a seat to bill hours to projects. Luckily due to the company size and scale, if you have zero skills and want to spend your time making no contribution to the company, there's bound to be a role for you, heading up some internal scheme that achieves very little tangible results other than an email that people read in their lunch break for a laugh or for looking good on LinkedIn!

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5.0
15 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great work-life balance, especially if you’re a hard worker and employer can see that.

Cons

Colleague competition, which tends to happen at larger firms

4.0
16 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Flexible, on the cutting edge, good employee networks

Cons

Shareholder focused, lots of red tape

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