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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
      May 19, 2016

      Great Place

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good atmosphere and great people to work with

      Cons

      People sometimes uptight and struggle to see the big picture

      4.0
      May 8, 2016

      Great company

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great benefits, flexible PTO, can make positive changes which doesn't seem to be typical of companies of this size. Interesting problems to solve with fun, smart people.

      Cons

      Some managers probably shouldn't be managers - this is certainly not a problem only at Ancestry but has tainted my experience. Can be hard to learn the Ancestry culture and "language" if you're coming from outside the company, but learning it is critical to doing a great job at your job.

      2.0
      Apr 12, 2016

      Too much politics and changes

      Software developer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I loved the people I worked with. Work life balance was good depending on who your manager is. Offers unlimited PTO (not worth it for management lvl) Offers free vision plan with medical plan (but medical plan isnt great)

      Cons

      3 years ago I would have given this company 5 stars. There were 3 org changes in the past 12 months decided by the CTO. That was a huge mistake. Great team dynamics helps company. A lot of great people quit and the work place environment wasn't great anymore. And there is too much politics in the management level. Some trying too hard to look good to the guy above. And their cafeteria hot meal is disgusting.

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