Ancestry Developer reviews

4.2

63% would recommend to a friend

(53 total reviews)
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Howard Hochhauser

100% approve of CEO

88% positive business outlook

Developer employees have rated Ancestry with 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 53 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Developer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Ancestry is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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53 reviews
3.0
Jan 21, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Casual, nice people, smart people spread throughout the company

Cons

The company sells to a new private equity firms every 4 years or so. This results in frequent layoffs, low salaries (the max increase is usually below the yearly inflation rate), and short-sighted leadership. Frequent "dividend recapitalizations" add hundreds of millions of dollars in debt to the company while paying peanuts to anyone outside of the c-suite. Leadership's only solution to dwindling subscriber numbers and revenue seems to be raising the monthly subscription price and freezing salaries. They seem to also set overly ambitious sales goals so they can penalize the entire Company by not paying them the full bonus percentage, even if sales for the year have exceeded the previous year's sales. Used to be a good company, but has gone downhill over the past few years.

5.0
Sep 4, 2024

Good benefits

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Unlimited PTOs, great coworkers, and provides learning resources.

Cons

Layoffs, hard to get promoted

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