Great Everything Except for Mobility Transparency and Competitive Compensation - Anonymous employee Ancestry Employee Review

4.0
22 Mar 2018
Anonymous employee
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Pros

-great coworkers -great atmosphere -tons of perks -minimal stress -great mission -great benefits -free workshops -12 week paid maternity leave after working full-time for a year

Cons

-Pay doesn't compare to other companies as well. Ancestry is well behind the general trends for compensation (at least for lower level workers). -It's also hard to tell which positions are where in the food chain a lot of the time, so if you want to move up in the company, it makes it harder to know which jobs to apply for--especially across departments.

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5.0
1 Jun 2026
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Pros

Good culture and amazing tech managers

Cons

Low salaries need to increase soon

2.0
22 Apr 2026
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Pros

The work-life balance is pretty good. I have never had issues taking time off when I needed to. The pay and benefits are on par with other, similar jobs in the area. There are many long-time employees at the company.

Cons

The company is product-led, so leadership is more concerned with shipping new features than they are with making sure what they have already shipped works well. Restricted stock unit grants always come with a one year vesting cliff, whether an employee has worked at the company for two years or twenty years. They do not appear to trust that long-time employees will continue to stay at the company, even though they have many long-time employees.

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