A blazing meteor crashing to earth and taking all of its employees down with it - Anonymous employee UKG Employee Review

1.0
16 Mar 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Networking with coworkers who will soon be leaving the company. They may help you get a job elsewhere.

Cons

When I joined, UKG was full of amazing people who loved their jobs and were passionate about improving the product. Employee flight and mismanagement have led to a giant sinkhole of corporate rot filled with executives happy to backstab the hardworking employees, waste the remaining talent, and completely disregard whether the product helps its customers or permanently damages them and their employees, as long as UKG can continue to collect per-employee-per-month (PEPM) fees. It is truly a sad case of mismanagement by those only interested in short term gain for themselves and their private equity masters.

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Pros

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

Cons

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1.0
25 Jun 2026
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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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