A Once Good Company Takes A Radical Turn - Anonymous employee UKG Employee Review

2.0
Feb 28, 2023
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The company benefits are outstanding.

Cons

New leadership sucks: Chris Todd (CEO replaced Aron Ain) Hugo Sarrazin (EVP, Chief Product and Technology Officer) This company use to view employees as a top priority, and treat employees with compassion and empathy. Recently, all employees under Sarrazin, including those hired fully remote, or hybrid remote, were given 30-days notice before being required to begin working from the office or they would "auto-resign". They set the distance from the office at 50 miles! So, they honestly expect people to drive 100-miles per day. Some people have expressed concern with what would be a 90-minute commute, each way and the financial problems that would impact people who were hired to be fully remote. The official position of UKG was effectively: "So what?" In my opinion, the management of UKG is now focused on taking the company public, and to that end, they will step on as many necks as needed to cash out. My advice, don't be suckered by the previous reputation of Ultimate Software, Kronos, of the UKG. They are royally screwing over employees and Chris Todd actually said "We know that for some people there will be a financial impact..." FULL STOP.

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Pros

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Cons

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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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