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      Ancestry

      Engaged Employer

      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

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      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 28, 2013

      Treats employees very well...

      Designer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      • Understand work-life balance • Great benefits / bonus / 401-k match • Stablility • Allows time for exploring solutions, never rushed to make bad decisions

      Cons

      • Too many titles Assoc. Director / Director / Senior Directors, etc. • A little too many meetings, and project planning apps differ from team to team • Can get political • Career planning is not fully supported

      5.0
      Sep 27, 2013

      Love, love, love working for Ancestry.com

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great people, fun and rewarding work, enjoyable working environment. I have never worked for a place quite like Ancestry. I enjoy the work I do here, feel appreciated and rewarded for the effort I make day to day.

      Cons

      For me, there are no cons.

      4.0
      Sep 18, 2013

      Interesting Material to work with

      Scanner
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Flexible hours when requested, interesting documents to work with, reasonable pay, no overbearing supervision or micro management, free worldwide subscription

      Cons

      Work alone, not enough info to solve problems, lack of useful information, no benefits or paid holidays, poor communication at times

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