Great Place. Looking to be greater! - Director of Creative UKG Employee Review

4.0
Jul 14, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

To list all the pros would honestly take too long and in some cases are very personal but five core thoughts worth noting. 1. Most of the upper leadership truly are dedicated to offering opportunity to the employees to succeed on their own and help make Kronos what it is as a business. They respect opinions of every kind, work hard to place high performers in key roles, and give the vibe we are in this together. 2. Corporate marketing has become a best in class marketing organization in the past 4-5 years. We still have some areas we can always improve on, but the collective camaraderie and output meet almost all industry levels of success. 3. Most people I deal with are genuinely good people but more importantly there are so many different viewpoints which keeps most days interesting. 4. How I meet and achieve my goals and team charter is squarely placed on my shoulders with little direction and oversight. At same time the influence and guidance given to my effort is almost always done in a manner that is more collaborative than corrective. I own my own work and team 90+% of the time. 5. The work is continually evolving in challenging and engaging ways. There is always an opportunity to make ones mark and make a difference. And we are riding near the edge of new ideas and possibilities within our department. Always looking for the next opportunity for our and the company's success. I could go on but other than one con I truly enjoy working at Kronos.

Cons

I think at higher levels we often discuss the need to break down silos and act as a billion dollar company, but for the most part leadership does not practice what they preach enough YET when it comes to collaboration and trusting the various experts across the company. Every single department has evolved in leaps and bounds the past 10 years, or we wouldn't be where we are, but whatever each departments' core traits are have not fundamentally changed in that time. Some departments still want to standout from the crowd and be the heroes. Some still want to do everything whether equipped to or not. And so on...

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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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