Ancestry reviews

* no sense of upper management direction * some groups under-resourced and put in crazy hours while others are bored and hang out in the cafe * new leaders are pitting the organization against itself. * Within functions, be prepared to join a place where managing upward is a necessary skill to survive. * Don't introduce process improvements or do what is right for the business; it could blow back on you. *Collaboration not appreciated across functions or business units

- Benefits and pay slightly lower than average - Quality of the code is under constant neglect. Product deadlines and marketing campaigns will always take priority over quality - Huge meetings culture. 2-4 hours a day for an individual contributor, and get worse as you grow in ranks. Team leads are so booked with meetings, many leads don't end up coding at all - Everyone avoids any type of a conflict, if you do encounter a non-compromising person on the project, there is little support for negotiating between parties - Dev teams' opinion of direction of project is rarely taken into account - Stock options is a privilege of only Director level and above - In 2018, Senior Team laid off around 10% of engineers without consulting managers and with no explanation whatsoever. Only mentioned it wasn't financial or performance reasons, but keep hiring for the same positions - Annual re-org and re-invent of scrum with shuffling teams and people around throws off team cohesion