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
2.0
Sep 12, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

It's a very easy job. You do the basics and you are recognized (not promoted or receive a pay increase). You do get experience working in customer support that looks good on a resume. Give you free software and access to all the websites which is a plus if you are interested in doing your own family history. The guys who work over in RMA are awesome.

Cons

Since it is so easy, it gets boring quickly. The clients are often computer/technology illiterate and it can be extremely frustrating to work with them over the phone (you would think clearing the cache and cookies was brain surgery). Very little opportunity for growth and promotion. There were people who had been in the call center for the better part of the decade in the same position or just one level up. Main reasons why I was yelled at on the phone: Products can be buggy at times, terms and conditions are very absolute but easily misunderstood, and Archives.com is just a terrible site. Also just look through the other reviews. Notice the only ones who rate the company high is upper management.

3.0
Aug 26, 2013

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Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Cafeteria is about the best thing.

Cons

Being Mormon is a big plus.

2.0
Jul 28, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits are pretty good as far as health, dental, life, and educational. Ancestry throws a quality Christmas party and the Summer party was good too.

Cons

Member Services (call center) is in a separate building from the rest of the Corporate office. It is very detached, and appears that is intentional. You are not able to transition to the Corporate side, as Ancestry's culture does not value the phone workers. They only hire for Corporate from the outside, or a select group of favorites. Currently, there is an 88% attrition rate in the call center, and after hiring approximately 250 people in the last 6 months, we are already very short. Customers can be very abusive (had no idea before working here that Genealogy was such a big deal). Member Services has managers sleeping together, family members related by marriage working in the same area, and extreme nepotism in hiring. You should consider other venues before accepting a job at Ancestry.

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