Senior Consultant - Anonymous employee UKG Employee Review

4.0
12 Sept 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Kronos has a great work / life balance. This isn't to say that you don't work hard. There have been many times where I have put in 16 hour days. If you thrive on challenges and enjoy a collaborative work environment where everyone constantly looks for ways to exceed customer expectations, then Kronos is the place for you.

Cons

Kronos has trended over the past few years toward hiring people from outside the company for their management positions. In the current environment, it is difficult for employees to grow into management positions even if they have a significant amount of management experience in their past. If your focus is on being a contributor to the team rather than holding the reigns and driving the wagon train to the promised land, then you can do no better than Kronos.

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1.0
25 Jun 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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