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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
      2.0
      Apr 22, 2026

      Good balance for some things, bad balance for others

      Staff software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The work-life balance is pretty good. I have never had issues taking time off when I needed to. The pay and benefits are on par with other, similar jobs in the area. There are many long-time employees at the company.

      Cons

      The company is product-led, so leadership is more concerned with shipping new features than they are with making sure what they have already shipped works well. Restricted stock unit grants always come with a one year vesting cliff, whether an employee has worked at the company for two years or twenty years. They do not appear to trust that long-time employees will continue to stay at the company, even though they have many long-time employees.

      4.0
      Apr 14, 2026

      Good company trying not to get distracted

      Manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great people and great mission. Pay and benefits are solid.

      Cons

      Senior management likes to make broad decisions without any input from people that do the work. Things like "this structure will work great for you" or "AI or a new tool is how we will do this task" when they actually have no idea what the team does in their daily work.

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