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      Ancestry

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      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

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      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
      5.0
      Mar 20, 2020

      Great company/people, sometimes a bit slow to realize things

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Everyone is super invested and excited about the products and their impact. They are passionate about the work and it shows.

      Cons

      Management seems more bearish on things than bullish at times during my time there, and there are many opportunities to grow given we invest in the right people and ideas. At the moment, there is a growing market segment that needs to be addressed but has not been successfully targeted.

      5.0
      Mar 16, 2020

      ghf

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      excellent work culture, friendly people

      Cons

      layoffs, no job security makes it bad

      1.0
      Feb 6, 2020

      ProGenealogists: quantity over quality

      Genealogist
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      Pros

      The pay was decent, got to work remotely, great coworkers and benefits.

      Cons

      Salaried but had to punch a time clock and got nagged incessantly about billable hours. Minimum required billable hours increased mid-year because Ancestry, the parent company, was struggling financially and "we need to do our part." Sales of research sessions were down but we were still hounded to work more hours. Very top-heavy with non-genealogists who know (and care) nothing about best practices. If you struggle with the pace, you will be ostracized right out of there. Very clique-y atmosphere; some teams are better than others.

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