Our Purpose is Profits - Anonymous employee UKG Employee Review

1.0
5 Jul 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great/loyal coworkers, great benefits, great managers

Cons

Lay off 2400 people by generic email before a major holiday because HR fumbled and news got out earlier. Everyone including managers and directors blindsided. This is their 3rd layoff and they still messed it up. Lots of jobs going overseas. Company lost its culture since the merger and Aron left. Padding the EC terrible HR leadership since they laid off a lot of HR leadership previously. I loved this company for 7 years. On to bigger and better.

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1.0
25 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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