Declining culture - IT Technical Manager UKG Employee Review

3.0
Feb 9, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits, and I believe the management means well. They encourage us toward work-life balance.

Cons

Many managers just care about cranking out the most work from employees regardless of how overloaded they are. it does not matter if the work being demanded is low value or little impact. It's better to check the box. Managers do not want to question decision that don't make sense, or that need clarification since they are afraid and many are trying to build their personal brand. Since the merger many teams have been re-orged. New leadership doesn't have much of a clue of the technical aspects of their team, and their perspective is very warped. Diversity is an issue. Almost all of new leadership is from Kronos and not diverse at all The answer to that from leaderships: is that they were not in the existing org pipeline and needed seniority. Okay so how will you ever break the chain of zero c-level diversity? Many people from the Ultimate Software brand are very disheartened and our C levels don't want to address it or the slow drip of attrition of talent.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Jun 25, 2026
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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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