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

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
2.0
Feb 4, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Nice building, huge parking lot, great cafeteria, on-site gym and trainers are amazing, they give you the latest MacBook Pro.

Cons

Hiring bar has been very low for forever, which means there are a LOT of mediocre engineers and lots of dead weight. Don't expect to be inspired by your co-workers or tackle hard problems. Your biggest engineering challenge will be navigating through TERRIBLE code bases and no one is interested in making them better because... They just work. Also, lots of core engineering work is being outsourced to India, so there's that. On top of that, there's virtually zero promotion from within, and when someone from within is promoted, his "role" is terminated soon after. All new bosses are in the San Francisco office and it's clear their goal is to eliminate the Lehi office.

2.0
Feb 1, 2018

Operations manager

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great pay for management. Able to work remote and in the office.

Cons

Upper management doesn’t manage. Listen to the employees or one percent who do not work or complain the most. They burn out their best employees. It’s very high school. Senior managers, VPs do not want to deal with conflict so anyone can make up stories about their peers or anyone they feel threatens their position. Based off whose friends usually the A players are let go.

4.0
Jan 30, 2018

Leader in the space

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Ancestry is sincerely committed to being the leader in the industry. They hire top people to make this happen. A fast-paced atmosphere.

Cons

Sometimes the individual is not appreciated, just the job that they do.

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