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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
      Feb 25, 2026

      manages to investors only

      Administrator
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      no pros relevant to low market compensation

      Cons

      They are managing only towards profits for investors while cutting everywher they can toward employee pay and RSU

      2.0
      Feb 18, 2026

      Private equity claims another casualty

      Sr manager, data analytics
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Very remote friendly, excellent product, purpose driven work

      Cons

      Current CEO is an out of touch CFO that is aligned completely and only to our current PE ownership. He lives to help them extract as much wealth from Ancestry as possible before another sale. I am a primary source and can confirm every personnel decision is made with cost cutting in mind. No merit, lower bonus pay out, increased employee benefit contributions, cut benefit options, office closures, silent RIFs, removing equity from the rank and file...the beatings will continue until morale improves.

      3.0
      Feb 5, 2026

      Good Company Lots of Learning Opportunities

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The company provides good working conditions, food, and a great in-office work environment, and smart colleagues you can learn from. Good benefits and good lunch.

      Cons

      If the work can't lift the entire company in the short term, then the work seems to have no value. They have no patience to wait for the results to manifest.

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