Uninspired PE Puppet Leadership - Software Developer Ancestry Employee Review

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.

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5.0
Jun 24, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great company culture, supportive team, smooth onboarding process, strong career stability, and meaningful work. My interview experience was very positive, and the recruiting and onboarding teams were helpful, responsive, and professional throughout the process.

Cons

There is always a learning curve when joining a new company, especially while understanding internal systems and processes, but the team has been very supportive.

3.0
Jun 12, 2026
Recommend
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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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