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      Ancestry

      Engaged Employer

      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

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Work/Life balance

      3.5

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.4

      Culture & values

      3.3

      Compensation and benefits

      3.0

      Senior management

      3.0

      Career opportunities

      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
      4.0
      Jan 10, 2020

      Great company to work for overall.

      Senior csa
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Relaxed work environment with good benefits and perks.

      Cons

      Feels like they do not hire from within as often as they could causing employees experienced with the products to leave.

      5.0
      Dec 24, 2019

      Ancestry is focused on Genealogy

      Technical director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      CEO has brought Ancestry back to its core and is fully engaged with all things "family history" and is leveraging Ancestry's expertise in DNA science to provide meaningful health information.

      Cons

      Local Utah talent have a bad impression of Ancestry because of leadership two and more years ago. That has completely changed, but it takes a while for that impression to change in such a tight knit tech community.

      1.0
      Dec 17, 2019

      Lack of trust & executive leadership is completely disconnected from reality

      Senior product manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great benefits Rewarding work Awesome colleagues Challenging & innovative technologies

      Cons

      Complete lack of executive accountability Failed attempts at transparency, ignoring glaring issues by dismissing problematic comments as "disgruntled" or "misinformed" opinions No ability to hire needed team members without intense approval process from top executives and no desire to restructure teams to get work done more effectively. Way too political and no real forum for letting the best ideas win.

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