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      Ancestry

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      Ancestry reviews

      3.5

      52% would recommend to a friend

      (785 total reviews)
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      Howard Hochhauser

      80% approve of CEO

      54% positive business outlook

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      Ancestry has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 785 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Ancestry employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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      785 reviews
      3.0
      Jun 22, 2021

      Great Place to work

      Director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great company culture and great leadership team

      Cons

      Too early to identify cons. The company is on the right trajectory.

      4.0
      Jun 21, 2021

      Marketing

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The people at ancestry are great. Also ancestry has a great revenue stream and is a very stable company.

      Cons

      Ancestry is going through some changes at the moment.

      2.0
      Jun 21, 2021

      New CEO, new owners, same blunders

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Ancestry's mission is fantastic and there are so many wonderful, committed, excellent people that work there. There is generally a good work life balance and good atmosphere.

      Cons

      Ancestry keeps making the exact same mistakes. Ownership changes hands to new owners who then proceed to make mistakes which are almost identical to those of the previous owners. Ancestry just let go of two of their most critical and engaged product leaders, people almost universally valued and beloved, so that it can "can innovate" more quickly. On the other hand, parts of the company that are almost universally understood as serious issues are given more resources and authority while continuing to be equally ineffective. Steer clear of this company for now. The possibilities of the mission will only serve to frustrate you when you see how inept the leadership is when it comes to actually executing on it.

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