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
3.0
Jul 4, 2014

Mixed Bag

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Pros

Exciting technology and opportunities for technical growth while contributing to meaningful solutions that really do change people's lives. Multiple technologies and platforms are embraced to form an ecosystem of services. A great emphasis is placed on agile and technical progress is consistent without overburdening staff resulting in a very good work/life balance.

Cons

The PTO grants could be more generous. Management could be less clique driven and more management oriented. Much of middle level management has risen from the ranks and has no real ability to manage or communicate. Upper management does not seem to notice this and does not appear to offer any means for these inexperienced managers, who often do no managing at all, to improve by any observable means.

4.0
Feb 3, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Innovative engineering culture! Catered lunch Mondays! Modern office space with diverse workforce. Great benefits and work/life balance.

Cons

Not always the most exciting stuff to work on. Can be a bit of a challenge to work in San Francisco when most of the stuff is going on in Provo HQ.

2.0
Mar 5, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Great Product with lots of growth potential. Cool SOMA office space for easy commute w/public transportation, free lunches

Cons

Highly political environment, little promotion opportunity unless you're boss quits or you're a favorite. Lots of lay-offs since they went private in December '12 and there was little information and transparency prior.

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