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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 demographic groups

      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
      1.0
      Jan 26, 2021

      OK

      Solution engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Work from home all week

      Cons

      Heavy office politics and good ole boy clicks

      4.0
      Jan 16, 2021

      The Future Looks Bright

      Software engineering manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Ancestry is doubling down on its profitable genealogy business which should provide years of expansion and plenty of opportunities for employee career growth.

      Cons

      The company is continually bought and sold to private equity groups who make billions on these transactions. Very little of this wealth is shared with employees in the form of equity, leaving employees to feel more like serfs than vassals.

      3.0
      May 26, 2020

      Awesome team but management sucks

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great team to work with and I really enjoy working enviroment

      Cons

      Bad management. Upper-level executives fail to recognize company situation and resulting mass layoff. They could have stopped it when they realized the number is not as good and stop hiring new people. Moreover, lay off was not based on performance and that was suck for some people who perform well and still got laid off

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