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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
      4.0
      May 8, 2016

      Great company

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great benefits, flexible PTO, can make positive changes which doesn't seem to be typical of companies of this size. Interesting problems to solve with fun, smart people.

      Cons

      Some managers probably shouldn't be managers - this is certainly not a problem only at Ancestry but has tainted my experience. Can be hard to learn the Ancestry culture and "language" if you're coming from outside the company, but learning it is critical to doing a great job at your job.

      4.0
      Nov 20, 2015

      Depends on your group & what you make of it

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great culture (a lot of people end up being friends outside work), willingness to grow employees in new areas if openings exist, appetite for testing ideas, showing stable growth, reasonable goals and performance expectations, the work/life balance is more of a life/work balance, pockets of good leadership, general perception of competence and trust in leadership

      Cons

      Senior management is too tactical and involved, often politics trump merit, pay was not very competitive, cross-office cultures clash, management of projects can be described as pure chaos, siloed goals cause a lot of short sided decisions, accountability is lacking, transparency is lacking, some teams are completely unmotivated to perform/innovate, no equity or incentives to stay result in a lot of turnover and turbulence

      2.0
      Apr 22, 2015

      Document Preservation

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Fun work environment, try to show appreciation for employees

      Cons

      Impossible to move up in the company, unrealistic expectations, can't ever get time off (but also can never move up to full time)

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