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

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
5.0
Jan 20, 2016

Amazing Company

Recommend
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Pros

This company works hard to keep their people happy. Awesome perks, annual parties (sometimes two!), cafeteria with free breakfast, hot and cold drinks at the Riverwoods campus, always looking for employee feedback and striving to make reasonable changes when indicated. Contests with prizes for top-performers, employee recognition for success and memorable dates is common. Christmas gifts to the staff are amazing. Many people I knew had been there for a long, long time and had no intention of going anywhere else. Positive, friendly, uplifting culture.

Cons

This being a college town, they have a huge pool of potential part-time employees - and as a result, their wage scale is fairly low, although they pay a lot better than minimum. Not much possibility for raises as a part-timer beyond annual increases in the "almost paltry" range.

3.0
Mar 26, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

The overall company culture is very good. Benefits are good. Co-workers were great.

Cons

It is understandable that with growth comes complexity, but the Member Services division has analysts running the "people" side of things, resulting in a 90% turnover rate.

3.0
Dec 2, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Awesome facility, fresh cooked meals, access to physical fitness trainers, mental health professionals, health care plans, 401k matches, annual bonuses, etc. Recent model equipment for engineering teams. Break periods during peak traffic times of the year.

Cons

Heavy LDS influence in corporate politics. Preference given to LDS members, period. Bosses who deliver a death blow of a termination notice.

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