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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

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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
      4.0
      Nov 2, 2015

      Great place to work

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Great culture. Good management. People really love coming to work. The company is always striving to improve their processes to provide a better end user experience.

      Cons

      Climbing up the career ladder can be a little slow at times. Hiring time can also be slow. For the most part a pretty smooth experience.

      4.0
      Oct 14, 2015

      Good Part-Time Job

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      This was a really good part-time job while I was in school. Everyone was friendly and the job itself was kind of fun.

      Cons

      Sometimes it felt that part-time employees were considered "second class citizens" and left out of a lot of company policies.

      3.0
      Oct 12, 2015

      Mostly good experience at Ancestry

      Senior document preservation specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      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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