Pros
Ancestry has had leadership ups-and-downs through the years, often brought on by changes in investors. At the forefront, the company day-to-day is executed by a team of passionate, talented individuals both in product, design, and engineering. My review would have been glowing with positivity 6 months ago, which is sad given the time I spent at Ancestry, in spite of several changes in leadership over the years. (Over five years)
Cons
The latest change of C-level leadership has been chaotic, at best. The new CEO comes across as uncaring and robotic, though she oddly has a mass following on social media which is sadly attracting candidates to Ancestry for the wrong reasons. She connects with her social media following through her blog posts more than she connects with the real people she works with. A newly appointed CPO lacks experience to run a product of this magnitude, seems to have had an "in" with the CEO in order to get the role, and has directly attributed to a significant level of disruption and attrition across mid-level leadership. Many talented individuals have left taking years of product knowledge with them.
