UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group) Reviews

Pros

There are too many amazing pros to list but let me tell you a few - 1. Free Healthcare 2. Highest 401K match in the industry 3. Endless remote options and as a working mom that started at this company almost 20 years ago it afforded me the opportunity to make my own schedule while being able to spend time with my kids due to flexibility. 4. Tuition Reimbursement (I was able to work, have a family and achieve an MBA) paid by UKG 5. Career advancement for those that want to work hard! Sky is the limit and with the merger it is even more exciting with tremendous opportunities ahead! 6. $500M R&D investment back into our products 7. Amazing people that are fun to work with and do whatever it takes to come together to make our customers successful. 8. Fast paced and does not get boring! 9. The most Charitable organization in the world! 10. All of the above and again super supportive of working moms which is why I have stayed for so long! You will love it at UKG and so will your family!

Cons

Announcing the merger of two organizations a month before the pandemic started has had its challenges but our newly formed UKG has handled it with absolute grace and resilience. There is no place I would rather work whether it was Kronos before the merger or UKG after the merger. It’s hands down the best place to work and will only get better!

Pros

- Unlimited PTO - 401k Matching and Stock Options - Paid insurance - Excellent wellness programs - Remote work (currently) - Great people managers trying to do their best

Cons

- Faceless leaders that lack the skills to adequately engage employees. - The politics are exhausting. - Executive leadership = Good ole' boys club - no diversity in age, gender, or race. - The 'Our purpose is people' tagline does not apply to employees. - High stress and toxic environment. - IT is creating too many disruptions. - No enterprise-wide strategic roadmap and governance. This has and continues to create lots of chaos and collision. - Managers aren't given sufficient resources and information to properly lead their teams. - HR lacks the 'human' element. - Too many reorgs. that aren't 'fully-baked' and lack sufficient transition plans. - Trust does not exist

Pros

If you are in the HCM industry, you know there is no better opportunity than this. Large territories, talented Solution Experts, very talented implementation teams, best service in the industry, deep HR technology, deepest workforce management technology. For Legacy Ultimate employees (some) things have changed from what I have heard, but I still have never worked for a company like this. Not even close to this level of talent anywhere, especially in the HCM space.

Cons

I'm genuinely being picky to put some cons here. The merger has gone far better than any of us could have anticipated, but it's a merger. So there are still things that we are learning and it's not all ironed out yet. Nothing detrimental, it's just going to take time for perfection of what Ultimate had before to be reached. Again, being picky to put something down.

Pros

Unlimited PTO and adding more words to meet criteria.

Cons

I interviewed for a manager role at UKG and on my first day to found out I was an Associate and lied to. Basically downgrading me to two positions. I also mentioned I was taking a 20k+ paycut from my old management six figure role. I was encouraged a bunch of promises and it all changed as soon as my Day 1 started. I’ve been emotionally drained from the losses this company has done for me. This has been an absolutely crap company trying to drink the Koolaid that it’s top company to work for. This is what good PR does and under the table paying top 100 companies. Save your time, drop your application, you will thank me for it. Within one week I already knew this was going to get worse and after month the feeling is getting stronger. UKG is a huge downgrade and insult to my career mobility.

Pros

The benefits are great and we have good products. That's what keeps most of us here.

Cons

On the Kronos side, literally half the company hates our guts. Ultimate employee are convinced Kronos aquired them and anyone in middle gets caught in the culture crossfire. They make their disdain for us public no matter what we do in the org and it's killing my teams moral. Leadership across sales is burning us out. 100 percent isn't good enough for anyone and it's exhausting. My BDR hasn't taken any time off this entire year to my knowledge and I can't imagine how that org is doing.

Pros

Ultimate Software was an incredible place to work. It stood alone in terms of its benefits and culture. That culture has been gutted since leadership left. I hope anyone applying to work there now reads current reviews of UKG instead of seeing the old, stellar reviews. Being an incredible place to work for 10+ years is a huge accomplishment and can carry a company in terms of maintaining their image even when things are going steeply downhill, which is what is happening. I have put in my notice after 10+ years, and many of my peers who have been here over a decade have done the same over the last few months. On the plus side.... - Some of the old benefits such as 401k still remain

Cons

- Benefits are being slowly eroded since merger - Talented and experienced employees are leaving in droves - Leadership is completely different, all leadership that made the company what it was is gone - Culture has completely changed, there is no more feeling of individual care & "family" - Managers are clearly receiving pressure from up top to treat employees a certain way, the change is drastic and you can see good managers leaving as the pressure escalates - Outsourcing is ramping up - Lots of talk about inclusivity and diversity that rings absolutely hollow - actions & talk around the protests last summer after George Floyd's murder were particularly egregious

Pros

- Paid Insurance (And that's it! Every other perk are table stakes at any company these days)

Cons

- Company now run by Kronos execs who only know WFM - Former top HCM leaders have left the company - Company culture has been destroyed - Antiquated Kronos processes - Below-market compensation - Incompetent Leaders - Declining Employee morale (there's more but i'd exceed my character limit)