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
Jan 21, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Casual, nice people, smart people spread throughout the company

Cons

The company sells to a new private equity firms every 4 years or so. This results in frequent layoffs, low salaries (the max increase is usually below the yearly inflation rate), and short-sighted leadership. Frequent "dividend recapitalizations" add hundreds of millions of dollars in debt to the company while paying peanuts to anyone outside of the c-suite. Leadership's only solution to dwindling subscriber numbers and revenue seems to be raising the monthly subscription price and freezing salaries. They seem to also set overly ambitious sales goals so they can penalize the entire Company by not paying them the full bonus percentage, even if sales for the year have exceeded the previous year's sales. Used to be a good company, but has gone downhill over the past few years.

5.0
Dec 4, 2024

I like it here

Recommend
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Pros

I really like using the site so it's fun to create stuff that I use. My coworkers and manager are great. The environment is pretty relaxed which I like. Unlimited PTO and people actually use it! About as good as work can be, I think.

Cons

There have been annual layoffs in recent years. I worry about the future of the company.

3.0
Nov 29, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

If you get the right manager, it can be good, but no manager can protect you from the yearly layoffs

Cons

Yearly layoffs. Upper management not clear on what works and what doesn't

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