Good company but limited learnings for SQA profile - Principal SQA Engineer UKG Employee Review

4.0
Feb 15, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

1. Good Compensation 2. Employee Friendly policies

Cons

1. Work life balance may be a challenge for some of the projects due to the criticality of the job. 2. If you are in SQA and reporting to dev manager (directly or indirectly), sincere feedback about dev quality is challenge. I have worked in few other companies but SQA voice is most weak in this organization. 3. Limited learning opportunities for SQA as most of the trainings are dev oriented and incase you want to nominate for these there is always a pushback.

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1.0
Jun 25, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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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