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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
      1.0
      Nov 26, 2013

      Rebutting the Previous Review by Human Resources-“This is the best company to work for in Utah.”

      Customer solutions associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      There are really none at all, besides its a job in this economy.

      Cons

      "Ancestry has amazing benefits with the future of their employees in mind. Overall employees are very happy and stay with the company."- This is clearly written by Human resources or a recruiter. One need only look at the almost 90% attrition rate in Member Services and average employment stay of 3 months (training is three weeks), to see employees are not happy and do not stay with the company. Ancestry had to resort a temp company because so many people quit this summer.

      3.0
      Nov 26, 2013

      Okay

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Benefits are great, and the product is rewarding. It was nice to get the experience in the industry learning new things. Some autonomy.

      Cons

      Feels like the good ol boy system when trying to advance. The processes and technology is very proprietary so the experience is very limiting when seeking other professions. It would be nice if this were taken into account when hiring, so more hiring is done within.

      5.0
      Jun 24, 2013

      Great place to work

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great benefits, family oriented culture, challenging work, pretty well managed. There are plenty of opportunities to try new things. The two teams I've worked with have had a lot of autonomy.

      Cons

      I really cannot complain. I haven't worked with anyone I dislike. There was some politics involved with one team where a VP made a decision about which software we were supposed to use without the input of the team.

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