Lack of transparency not enough growth for juniors - Engineer Ancestry Employee Review

2.0
12 Jul 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits; unlimited PTO; Modern office; Great people. Everybody is very nice here!

Cons

Lack of transparency: Not sure why we still focus on DNA not genealogy. Not enough growth: the work is not challenging. And we are conservative to be creative. Some team work way harder than the other teams and don’t get enough credits.

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Pros

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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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