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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

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      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
      Dec 24, 2019

      Ancestry is focused on Genealogy

      Technical director
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      CEO approval
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      Pros

      CEO has brought Ancestry back to its core and is fully engaged with all things "family history" and is leveraging Ancestry's expertise in DNA science to provide meaningful health information.

      Cons

      Local Utah talent have a bad impression of Ancestry because of leadership two and more years ago. That has completely changed, but it takes a while for that impression to change in such a tight knit tech community.

      4.0
      Oct 9, 2019

      Overall, a great place to work

      Talent acquisition
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      First of all, all employees love the products! Ancestry is diligently seeking to improve the customer experience, the work culture, and our product offerings. Overall, my time at Ancestry was positive, and with the new CEO and focus on core values, there have been lots of great changes. Glassdoor feedback seems to have improved from 3.1 to 3.4 in the last 6 months, which is indicative of the forward momentum and sentiment by employees and former employees.

      Cons

      Like any mid to large organization moving fast, there are sometimes issues alignment of the whole organization working towards one purpose. Ancestry is working hard to address this with regular town halls with executive management and frank communications regarding issues.

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