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Ancestry is known for genealogy family trees and family history records. The company believes to turn challenges into triumphs and hardships into opportunities. It's a website that helps you understand your genealogy. Family trees take you back generations and ancestry is the world's largest collection of online family history records. AncestryDNA gives you precise Geographic details and clear-cut historical insights. They connect you to the places in the world where your story started and build unique regions for living relatives. They have recorded 27 billion stories and about 100 million family trees and many more to come to find generations of your family and stories. First asks your name, parents, grandparents, date, location, and every detail that helps them do their jobs. They explore the records and the hints keep coming to make several discoveries.

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$500M to $1B

Large

Multiple locations

Telecommunications Companies, Newspaper Publishers, TV Broadcasting Companies

1983

Tim Sullivan

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	Departments	Ratio
	other occupation	35.5%
	Software Developers and Programmers	25.7%
	Computer / IT - Other	10.2%
	Management - Other	9.8%
	Administrative	6.8%
	Arts / Entertainment / Media	6.6%
	Marketing	5.4%

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How many years of experience do Ancestry employees have before joining?

Years of experience at Ancestry: Newcomers: 19%, Experiencers: 15%, Experts: 23%, Veterans: 43%. Ancestry employees have 8+ years experience on average before joining.

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Where did Ancestry employees work before joining?

Where they've worked before Ancestry: Adobe, Brigham Young University, Domo. Typical Ancestry employees have worked at Adobe.

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Brigham Young University

Domo

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What industries did Ancestry employees work in previously?

Industry Background: The most typical industries of Ancestry: Computer Systems Design Companies, Colleges / Universities, Software Publishing Companies, Design Firms, Niche Education. Ancestry employees most likely come from a Computer Systems Design

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Where did Ancestry employees work before joining?

Past employers' size at Ancestry: Small: 33%, Medium: 13%, Large: 54%. Most Ancestry employees have previously worked at large companies.

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How long do people stay in a role at Ancestry?

Time employed at Ancestry: <1: 24%, 1-3: 37%, 4-8: 29%, 9-13: 7%, 14-20: 3%, 20+: 0%. Most Ancestry employees stay with the company for 1-3 years which is the same as the industry average.

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How does Ancestry rank for age & gender diversity?

Gender ratio at Ancestry: 72.0% Male and 28.0% Female. Age ratio at Ancestry: 16-20: 0%, 21-30: 44%, 31-40: 35%, 41-50: 15%, 51-60: 5%, 60+: 1%. Ancestry rates - 2.0% less female than the industry average. Most Ancestry employees are 21-30, which is

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I am a man and my age is between 21-29

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What are the top roles at Ancestry?

Top roles of Ancestry: Software Engineer, Software Developer, Product Manager, UX Designer, Customer Service Representative. The top role at Ancestry is Software Engineer.

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How does Ancestry rank for career advancement?

Career advancement at Ancestry: high. Ancestry ranks high for career advancement which is above the industry average.

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What companies do Ancestry employees go on to work at?

Future employers of Ancestry: Adobe, Amazon, Brigham Young University, DirectScale, Domo. People who work at Ancestry most typically go on to work for the Adobe.

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Domo

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Senior Software Engineer, Fold3

Lehi, UT

$126K-$144K / yr.

About Ancestry: When you join Ancestry, you join a human-centered company where every person's story is important. Ancestry, the global leader in family history, empowers journeys of personal discovery to enrich lives. With our unparalleled collection of m

Part-Time Receptionist

Lehi, UT

$12-$18 / hr.

About Ancestry: When you join Ancestry, you join a human-centered company where every person's story is important. Ancestry®, the global leader in family history, empowers journeys of personal discovery to enrich lives. With our unparalleled collection of

Software Engineer

Lehi, UT

$89K-$119K / yr.

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When did they start Ancestry?

Sophie Hayes4 years ago

In 1983, I believe.

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gender breakdown at Ancestry?

Liam Brown4 years ago

gender ratio is 28.0% female, 72.0% male.

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What industry does Ancestry fall under?

Liam Brown4 years ago

Computer/Internet.

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Where’s Ancestry’s HQ located?

Sophie Hayes4 years ago

The HQ is at Lehi, UT.

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What’s Ancestry’s yearly revenue?

Sophie Hayes4 years ago

$500m to $1b, i think

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wanna know who the head of Ancestry is.

Benjamin Gardner4 years ago

it’s Tim Sullivan.

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How often do employees get promoted at Ancestry ?

Isabella Holmes4 years ago

advancement opportunities are high

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How long do people usually work for Ancestry?

Liam Brown4 years ago

1-3 year(s).

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what kind of companies did Ancestry employees work for?

Sophie Hayes4 years ago

Large companies before Ancestry.

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Top future employers of Ancestry employees?

Liam Brown4 years ago

Adobe, Amazon, Brigham Young University, DirectScale, Domo, Facebook, Microsoft Corporation, Utah Valley University.

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Where did employees work before joining Ancestry?

Benjamin Gardner4 years ago

Adobe, Brigham Young University, Domo, eBay, Intuit, Overstock.com, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Vivint.

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How old are Ancestry’s employees in general?

Benjamin Gardner4 years ago

21-30.

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Where did most of Ancestry employees go to school?

Isabella Holmes4 years ago

Brigham Young University-Idaho, University of California-Berkeley, University of Utah, Utah State University, Utah Valley University.

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What’s Ancestry’s business mission statement?

Sophie Hayes4 years ago

"We’re a cutting-edge tech company with a very human mission—to help every person discover, preserve, and share the story of what led to them. Combining the rich information in family trees and historical records, and the genetic details revealed in DNA, we create unique experiences that give people a new understanding of their lives. Because connecting all the pieces of our family story can give us the deepest sense of who we are.".

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what was the reason you left your job at Ancestry?

A year ago

Because the contract came to the end.

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