Jacob Bros. Construction
Jacob Bros. Construction Employee Reviews
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Good Company but gets really slow in winter months
Equipment Operator / Batch Plant Operator / Driver (Current Employee) – Richmond, BC – 5 December 2018
Overall good place to work. Training and advancement are a little lacking, as they prefer to hire experienced workers rather than train from within their own workforce.
Pros
Good Wage and Benefits
Cons
Long hours / Poor equipment training program
Best Company Who Pays Good Money & Respect Your Hard Work
Heavy Equipment Operator (Current Employee) – Vancouver, BC – 23 December 2017
Its the best company you can work,Everyone here is so talented,nice,productive,helping,its more like you are working for your family they correct u,train you,respect your effords,help each other to get job done & even help outside work,the best thing is the owner’s of Jacob Bros. are personally plays a good role as a team,3 brothers stay conected with all employees,its a big company but still they know almost everyone in the field,if u belive you are passionate about constructions u r more than welcome to join JB family.if not, u can still join,but no-one like one guy doing nothing & all crew working hard,but honestly if u r good in what u do or a good lerner u don't have to ask about a raise,they give u raise & the respect u deserver, like i got in past 5 years.
Good Luck
Good Luck
Pros
Free Lunch & Diners
Cons
8 to 11 hous 6 days depend on job or choose
worked as a traffic controller and labourer
labourer, traffic controller (Former Employee) – Victoria, BC – 16 October 2017
I was a traffic controller and sometimes I'd help out other labourers and other construction workers with tasks. Pretty easy standing outside but you have to keep focused. sometimes traffic can get rough.
Pros
good pay
Cons
can be boring
Great company with solid core values
Pipelayer (Former Employee) – Vancouver, BC – 13 June 2017
During my 4 years at Jacob Bros. I watched the company grow and I was able to advance with them. It was a fun energetic work environment with support from supervisors whenever there were questions or problems. We always worked lots of hours and were well compensated for it. I recommend them to anyone I know looking for work in the lower mainland.
Pros
Good benefits, crew lunches from time to time
Cons
Commuting around the lower mainland.
If you experienced shouldnt be a problem but dont expect any training
Operator (Former Employee) – British Columbia – 20 May 2017
Absolutely ZERO on the job training..avoid this company if told in interview there is training..long days with no breaks,, foreman at this company are brutal..
Pros
Decent pay
Cons
No breaks
Great team, great workplace culture
Technical Writer (Current Employee) – Surrey, BC – 6 March 2017
This is a team that works really well together. Expectations are high, but management puts everyone in a position to succeed. They enjoy challenges and reward successes. If you're really passionate about construction, this is the team for you.
Pros
Frequent on-site and office staff events
Great place to work. Good culture of health and safety. Great leadership.
Carpenter (Former Employee) – British Columbia – 30 May 2016
I enjoyed my time with Jacob Bros. and would work for them again anytime. The variety of work kept things interesting and if you work hard, your efforts will be recognized.
Good crew working well together to get a hard job done
General Labourer (Former Employee) – Vancouver, BC – 31 March 2015
Jacob Bros. was a tremendous learning and growing experience for me. I worked with a wide variety of personalities and can confidently say we all got along well. I was taught the ability to power through extremely long hours (One crazy day of a 23 hour shift) and that a team is only as good as its weakest link. I loved learning all the new machinery and equipment involved in civil construction and when I was placed with a good crew, things went by swimmingly. There was to "typical day" at this job. Last summer I worked an a overpass project for the port of metro vancouver. From grading for paving, laying asphalt, rebar framing, compaction, drainage/pipe laying it was an all over the place job but developed me into a very adaptable worker.
Pros
Good company
Cons
Long Hours