These 5 star reviews are bogus - Anonymous employee UKG Employee Review

1.0
Aug 21, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

A lot or really good workers at the non-management level across the entire company. SOME of the leadership (usually the lower managers, but a few directors as well).

Cons

Note: Below is a review of the "300" building. I hears it's better in 297 & Omni, but I can only speak to was I saw. I also fully expect to see a TON of 5 star reviews after I post this. It seems Kronos doesn't like bad reviews & encourages management to bury 1 star reviews as soon as they are posted. -Many good people are leaving. Frustration and rewarding tenure (or nepotism) over skill set/productivity has left a vastly under performing staff while the performers have jumped ship or been terminated. -Rampant nepotism & affairs at the senior management levels. -Company thinks lollipops, stickers & poker chips (non-monetary) are a good incentive for highly skilled engineers. Seriously who is the joker who thought this was a good idea??? -Horrible internal software and processes: build standards are a joke, software security is a joke. -Terrible security of customer data. "SOC compliance" is thrown around as a joke idea internally. Customer data is always at risk. -Apparently, Aron Ain only cares about appearances, not actual employee morale. Many PR/Marketing people create falsified Glassdoor reviews and other reviews to stroke Ain's ego. He's out of touch with his company and its people (or doesn't care).

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

Cons

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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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