Good life balance, but some annoying practices - Senior Software Engineer Ancestry Employee Review

3.0
Nov 23, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Good work/life balance, supportive manager

Cons

Very disorganized: multiple teams doing nearly the same thing but without coordination. Large multi-month projects that seem to have no end. Beneficial customer features discarded for "flat experiment results" (i.e. no major financial results even if good for customers). Discarding months of work is bad for employee morale.

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5.0
Jun 24, 2026
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Pros

Great company culture, supportive team, smooth onboarding process, strong career stability, and meaningful work. My interview experience was very positive, and the recruiting and onboarding teams were helpful, responsive, and professional throughout the process.

Cons

There is always a learning curve when joining a new company, especially while understanding internal systems and processes, but the team has been very supportive.

3.0
Jun 12, 2026
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Pros

It’s a great product and people are customer obsessed.

Cons

Misogyny is baked in to the culture.

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