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      Ancestry

      Engaged Employer

      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

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Work/Life balance

      3.5

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.4

      Culture & values

      3.3

      Compensation and benefits

      3.0

      Senior management

      3.0

      Career opportunities

      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
      Feb 11, 2016

      Software engineer

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great work life balance. Great atmosphere.

      Cons

      None that I can think of

      3.0
      Oct 12, 2015

      Mostly good experience at Ancestry

      Senior document preservation specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Excellent benefits and perks, fun and friendly company culture. For those interested in history, job satisfaction is high - helping to preserve historic documents, and to help customers discover their family history can be rewarding. Management worked hard to provide perks to offset the often tedious work.

      Cons

      Pay not competitive in some departments, limited advancement opportunities, sometimes baffling promotion decisions. Company seemed to be undergoing a major restructuring, with fewer full-time and more contract positions.

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