Poor leadership - Anonymous employee Ancestry Employee Review

1.0
Jan 13, 2019
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great product and service that employees can be proud of.

Cons

Leaders continue to say the right thing but have consistently proven they don’t mean it. The downward spiral in the culture started when the CFO took over as interim CEO. Although long known within the finance org as a poor leader who only looks out for himself, the appointment of him as interim CEO allowed him to introduce his dishonesty and narcissistic ways to the rest of the Company. Although there were high hopes when a permanent CEO joined, there have been no improvements thus far.

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