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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

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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
      5.0
      Jan 28, 2019

      good company to work

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      nice people around, flexible work hours

      Cons

      location may be? everything is very good

      1.0
      Jan 21, 2019

      Started Out Great but Poor Management Chased Everyone Away

      Systems analyst
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Most of my team was awesome, the cafeteria was great and the job was a good resume builder.

      Cons

      Middle management degraded over the years to be either totally disconnected or obsessive micromanagers. Some serious problems arose and many people went to HR but that didn't help. Some people were offered severance to quit. A lot of people simply left due to one terrible director and spineless managers.

      1.0
      Jan 13, 2019

      Poor leadership

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great product and service that employees can be proud of.

      Cons

      Leaders continue to say the right thing but have consistently proven they don’t mean it. The downward spiral in the culture started when the CFO took over as interim CEO. Although long known within the finance org as a poor leader who only looks out for himself, the appointment of him as interim CEO allowed him to introduce his dishonesty and narcissistic ways to the rest of the Company. Although there were high hopes when a permanent CEO joined, there have been no improvements thus far.

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