Ancestry reviews

3.5

52% would recommend to a friend

(786 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 786 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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786 reviews
4.0
Oct 17, 2014
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Pros

In my department, we were able to make our own schedules, and I still miss the 4-day weekends that I had every week. The job itself was not difficult (and we were given plenty of time to get the hang of things during the training process) and required absolutely no sales. The management of my department was excellent. They did everything they possibly could to make the atmosphere as employee-friendly as possible (well, except for pay more). I would highly recommend this company (or at least this department) to students or anyone looking for part-time work.

Cons

There's no sugarcoating the fact that the pay was very low. Also, since it was a part-time job (the company's decision, not mine), there were no benefits. This is the primary reason that I ended up leaving. To management's credit, they were very upfront about these realities during the interview process.

4.0
Oct 9, 2014

Great environment, amazing people, slow advancement

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Working on projects with real meaning in people's life. People, environment, and benefits are really great here. Feel like you make an impact on the business. Amazing work/life balance.

Cons

Difficult to move up the ladder. Some of the management team seems to have an elitists attitude which I think contributes to slow advancement.

4.0
Sep 30, 2014

Great company

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Just about everything is positive about working at Ancestry. There's a real purpose to the work we do. The pay and benefits are the best I've ever seen in my career. And it goes without saying the people are great.

Cons

I often feel upper management are overly focused on with sales figures. There's so much talk about how the company is performing that it sometimes sucks the life out of the culture.

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