Repitative work and Management dosent care - Anonymous employee Jacobs Employee Review

2.0
25 Jul 2023
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Work life balance is good. Unlimited PTO

Cons

Management is very poor. They dont care if you are really making any progress in your career. They will just assign you tasks and let you figure out everything on your own without proper support and guidance. Only 3% raise per year and some years they wont even do that unless you take the initiative to ask about it. Also felt largely undervalued as repitative tasks were given and no initiative was taken to know the likes and dislikes. No proper training given. Very less opportunity for growth and feels biased. Construction industry is male dominated largely and being a woman I felt that, its no different here. Also you wont get any bonuses. You will start feeling the burnout due lack of good management and managers who take responsibilty and are considerate about the employees under them

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