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

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
1.0
Jun 30, 2018

Massive decline in work culture

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good core product and exciting opportunity in the DNA testing space.

Cons

No stock options for regular employees, only higher ups. Destruction of work life balance under new CTO's regime. CTO only talks in general platitudes and doesn't sound up to date on the latest technological advancements. Bloated management with unnecessary positions created by the CTO to bring in his people. Utter lack of empathy towards employees, only demands for more, more and more output faster than ever. Rude, arrogant behavior from some of the managers from the CTO's crew.

1.0
May 15, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits: Weekly lunch on Wednesdays. Wellness allowance ( gym etc) Health Insurance. If it wasn't for the people who work here in the Dublin office, I would have left a long time ago.

Cons

Wages are historically below the industry average when compared with similar companies. Serious communication issues across all departments. Website routinely experiences technical issues on a day to day basis. Little to no investment in the staff.

1.0
Mar 2, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

You get to meet some great colleagues. The location of the office is nice. You get free lunch once per week.

Cons

Management create a fake and toxic environment in Member Services. The CSAs are treated with very little respect and do not receive enough gratitude for what they do. The company has often filled management roles from within, meaning that some managers have little to no experience of managing people outside the Ancestry walls. Some MS managers that are hired externally have proven to be extremely detrimental to the office culture due to their bullying behaviour. There isn't really any room for proper progression outside of Member Services into the wider company, despite what you are told. Communication between departments is non-existent. The HR department is completely incompetent, which allows for power-tripping managers to get away with a lot. The shifts in Member Services are not flexible at all, despite what people are told when they are hired. This lack of flexibility causes a lot of problems with the work/life balance of employees.

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