From People First to Profit First - Learning Designer UKG Employee Review

1.0
Apr 28, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Benefits are good. That's what makes most people tolerate the lack of promotions and growth opportunities. Most people here are pleasant to work with.

Cons

Literally zero promotions and growth opportunities within the learning design. People at the top get promoted and get more money. The smaller fish at the bottom of the corporate chain get thank you notes when they work hard and overachieve. A lot of politics and favoritism going on. Team meetings consist of managers bragging about themselves and telling you how wonderful and exciting everything is. Things used to be tolerable with Ultimate. Don't expect to see this company on the list of best companies to work for anymore. The cheap mugs they send out once a year won't hide the fact that they are going from bad to worse.

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5.0
Jun 29, 2026
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Pros

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

Cons

There have been a lot of frequent changes to adapt to.

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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