don't work at this company now; wait 4-5 years - Anonymous employee UKG Employee Review

2.0
15 Jun 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- great benefits (although they will use them as an excuse to pay you less) - give the company 4-5 years, and I think it will be better

Cons

I joined the organization a few months before the merger, and even after two years, people still operate as Ultimate or Kronos, and there are still people who treat others differently depending on what company they are from. The two companies handled issues and management very differently, and I have seen many people struggle (including myself) because of it. When brought up to the HR department about the difficulties happening within the team, nothing was done. Even after we openly expressed ourselves in the company survey, nothing was done. Management talks about the positives from the company survey but none of the negatives. I would have hoped that we were further along in this merger by now, but we keep talking ten steps back. We have even lost many people within our department that were hard-working employees because of everything going on and how things are being handled. Then management doesn't address it even though we all can see how unhappy people are and how inefficient everything is. And there is a lot of change with retirements and a new CEO. That's not a bad thing, but it is making us feel uneasy about all of the change. - management doesn't listen to the employees - benefits are used as an excuse to pay you less - no transparency - not willing to take accountability when things need to be improved - timelines are too tight, and we are being overworked - too many people are holding on to their company before we merged and not accepting change

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Pros

Great benefits Great work-life balance Unlimited PTO 401k Match

Cons

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1.0
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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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