slow death unless things turn around - Senior Software Engineer UKG Employee Review

3.0
Nov 5, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Friendly local management - they do their best to take care of local staff and run the business sensibly. Work-life balance is OK. The people working here are OK.

Cons

Remote executive leadership leaves a lot to be desired. They are gradually killing off the business. Chelmsford doesn't understand the business, and they don't understand SAAS. We lose customers and employees every year since Kronos bought Unicru. There could also be more collaboration between engineers here.

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Pros

Great benefits from medical to 401k

Cons

Lower pay but that’s due to the amazing benefits.

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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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