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Genealogists.com

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Up, Up and Up - The sky is the limit! - Senior Production Manager Genealogists.com Employee Review

5.0
18 Jul 2014
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Pros

The team members at Genealogists.com have become a virtual family and in many respects are closer to me then some members of my own family. Similar to siblings, we can be open and honest with each other without fear of judgment. We each have the others' backs, help and protect each other. The company is going UP, UP, UP so career opportunities are open. I started as a part time researcher and now I am the Manager of Production and manage all the project management staff. Hiring is based solely on merit; no one knows or cares what you look like or if you have disabilities.

Cons

Working remotely, I don't always know how to cut boundaries between work and home life. Genealogists.com has customers globally so it is easy to keep working too long then get my days and nights mixed up in my body rhythms.

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Genealogists.com Response
11y
We do not have a central office as we are an entirely virtual firm. As a result, visual clues such as body language are not available. We make up for this by holding frequent meetings. Plus, the work never stops so it creates challenges for establishing a work/life balance. We could each work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and there would still be plenty of work to go around.

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5.0
16 Jun 2015
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Pros

Everyone that currently works for Genealogists.com is 100% committed to achieving the best possible results for our clients. Many take a personal interest in making sure that quality research is done and that the client's research objectives are achieved when possible.

Cons

There really are no cons however Genealogists.com is always looking for professional researchers, especially those with formal education and training who can conduct research and write quality reports. Good researchers can be kept very busy.

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4.0
10 Jul 2014
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Pros

I've work as a contract researcher for this company. On the plus side it is nice to get contracts that I don't have to look for, they just come to me as stringer work. The cases themselves have been very interesting and as long as you are careful not to work more than the estimated hours the pay is acceptable when you consider you didn't need to advertise nor do you interface directly with the client. The people that I've interfaced with at this company have all been extremely pleasant and friendly.

Cons

This company seems increasingly disorganized and my impression is that this is due to there being more volume of clients than there are employees to manage them. On the one hand this means that there will, presumably continue to be work, on the other hand they really need to make it workable internally or they will begin to fail to meet customer expectations.

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Genealogists.com Response
11y
We have definitely had some growing pains. Growing from a handful of genealogists to over 860 professional genealogists, expert archivists, skilled historians, legal experts, and religious scholars working in thousands of archives around the world has been so small feat. Add to this the fact that what we are doing has never been done before, namely the establishment of a network of skilled professionals who can access the over 90% of records that are not online. As a result, we cannot apply the best practices of other firms to help us as we are true trailblazers.
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