Awesome team but management sucks - Software Engineer Ancestry Employee Review

3.0
May 26, 2020
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Pros

Great team to work with and I really enjoy working enviroment

Cons

Bad management. Upper-level executives fail to recognize company situation and resulting mass layoff. They could have stopped it when they realized the number is not as good and stop hiring new people. Moreover, lay off was not based on performance and that was suck for some people who perform well and still got laid off

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Cons

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3.0
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Pros

It’s a great product and people are customer obsessed.

Cons

Misogyny is baked in to the culture.

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