UltiFail Software - Software Engineer UKG Employee Review

Here are some of the things that you are told when you join Ultimate: 1. You have joined the best company ever. 2. Ultimate is the best place to work. 3. You will do incredibly well at ultimate software - financially and career wise. 4. We are so good you better work hard and live up-to expectations if you want to stay with us or else we will get rid of you - Yes the CEO literally said "we will get rid of you" during new hire orientation. However realities are more sobering and the following is voice of experience. 1. Ultimate is not the best company ever to work for. Do not place too much importance on the Forbes list. Forbes go by CEO approval ratings and internal employee surveys which are not too hard to game. While it is true that their culture is good, it does not deserve the "Best ever" tag - no one does. 2. You wont be joining the best company ever. Ultimate is a small player in the HCM space and has to compete with the likes of giants like ADP and many other smaller players in HCM and payroll. This makes their business pretty limited which to you as employee will mean limited career potential. 3. Financially you will not do "way" better than other employments. This may be the case for a C or a B student. But for an A, nah not that much. But benefits are at par with market rate - we have to be honest about that. 4. Their "band of propaganda" will keep blaring loudly all the time - For that reason no matter how hard you work, it will never be good enough for them to promote or reward you for it. And this is not because you are bad or average but simply because they don't have many opportunities for you by the virtue of their smallness. 5. You might wonder will it not do me real good if I stick around and keep doing good for the company - for when it grows so will I. The problem there is that ship has already sailed for Ultimate. It has been around for more than two decades and has not broken past its title of a "medium niche player". 6. Nepotism and favoritism is rampant. They will promote only their friends. 7. Managers and leads are very insecure about their jobs. They will push you back hard, if you run too fast. So the unwritten rule is - "Never make the leads look bad by shining too bright". To you as an A student it means a career dead-end. 7. They literally have painted their CEO on their walls in Phase 10 dev center like he is a deity. That is extremely rude for smart and hard working employees. Not that I suggesting I am one, but nobody is that special. All of this means that for an A student who is very excited to prosper and grow in career, this is not your spot. Keep looking for opportunities and move if you get a better job. But for a B or C student who wants a fun place to work, have parties with co-workers, crack plenty of break-room jokes and go back home contented, then this is your heaven.