Had good potential but just another job at the core - Anonymous employee UKG Employee Review

2.0
Jan 26, 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Company paid health insurance for single employee Unlimited PTO (if you can get your manager to approve it) Great team mates Knowledgeable people who are willing to help you in a crunch. Not too many people silo themselves and they are willing to step up and assist during their busy day. I like my direct manager, they are kind, encouraging and supportive.

Cons

Where to start… Don’t believe all the fake hype from the kool-aid drinkers. There’s a lot of talk and not a lot of action at this company. Upper Management is only focused on numbers and quotas. You’re just a number to them. Whats that about “People First?” Direct managers have power to do nothing it seems. Work life balance is talked about all the time yet people are still drowning trying to keep up with the work. People joke that they never take PTO and work nights and weekends just to meet their goals…what does that tell you? Raises are dismal. The bonuses do not make the overtime work near worth it. Oh and despite the size of the organization, you’ll never get a promotion. Only the empty promise of one and extra responsibility that comes with one but it’ll never come to fruition. Whatever level and salary you are hired in at, get comfy with that because it’ll never go noticeably higher. Our project management tools are from the 20th century-we are still using excel for project tracking and discovery?

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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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