Terrible work evironment - Anonymous employee UKG Employee Review

1.0
Feb 29, 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good benefits - 401k match, paid healthcare

Cons

Where to start. As others have stated, C-suite is so far removed from employees they don't care to listen or make changes. People are highly overworked, stressed and not taken care of...and leadership turns their heads, only focused on short term profit with a potential IPO in sight. How much can we be squeezed? Departments are siloed...a lot of "it's not my job" and no real cross functional collaboration or respect. Customers feel it and are leaving for the competition. There will be a mass exit once the company goes public.

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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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