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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
      3.0
      Aug 15, 2019

      Ok

      Senior financial analyst
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Ok culture, good people, free cereal ;)

      Cons

      Terrible work life balance during a good chunk of the year

      5.0
      Aug 13, 2019

      Great people and awesome benefits

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      On site gym, on site cafeteria with great menu, ability to work from home as needed, meaningful products, opportunity to move within the company.

      Cons

      Private equity firms are unpredictable and Ancestry is owned by several.

      2.0
      Jul 28, 2019

      Diversity is an Asset, not a Cancer

      Researcher
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      My co-workers are incredible. I've never worked with a more exceptional, committed group of people at any company. The two stars in my rating is because my co-workers are so exceptional - without that, this would be a one-star recommendation and I would be a former employee, rather than a current one. I hope to be able to change my review in the future.

      Cons

      There is not one person in management that understands the genealogical community, nor do they have a desire to understand their core user. If you are interested in working here because you love genealogy and family history, look elsewhere. The business outlook is positive because management sacrifices employees and the genealogical community at large at the expense of additional revenue.

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