Probably the worst career move I could have made! - Anonymous employee UKG Employee Review

1.0
24 Apr 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

100% company paid benefits, shared stock in company but vests in time, decent wages for regular hours (though regular hours are unacceptable)

Cons

Poor to no training plan, expected to work long hours which may included nights, weekends, and holidays. unrealistic demands put on employees, lack of support from fellow team members, feeling like you are set up to fail, lots of perceptions that are assumed (should know this,should know where to find this, should know how to do this, so on and so forth...), management is poor and shows favortism in many departments, concerns go unaddressed, terminated employees are treated extremely unprofessionally!

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1.0
25 Jun 2026
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CEO approval
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Pros

There was once a great company named Ultimate Software, it was destroyed by a hostile takeover from H&F, a private equity firm, and a merger with Kronos to become UKG. There are very few Pros since that time.

Cons

When this company was Ultimate Software, prior to the takeover from H&F and the merger with Kronos, it was a world class company with top shelf people. The company Motto was "People First" and they truly lived by that motto, never a layoff, great working environment and stealer benefits. Since the takeover and subsequent merger with Kronos, to become UKG this company has taken a path of "Money First", which is understandable given the greedy nature of Private Equity Firms like H&F. They have systematically closed most of the offices across the US and have been expanding their footprint in Noida India, for obvious reasons. The leadership that has been put in place by H&F is clearly focused on IPO. And we all know what that means, clean up the books and make the company look as good on paper as possible. Can you say "Lipstick on a Pig". This was once a great company when it was run by Scott and Viv but now it has gone the way of the Private Equity management and is heading for a great fall.

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