A "Software Company" that does not think its leadership needs to be technical. - Pre Sales Consultant UKG Employee Review

1.0
Jul 28, 2016
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Pros

Lots of pros if you score one of the many non technical positions in the company,

Cons

-Company falsifies Glassdoor reviews. -Company does not know how to hold under performers accountable. High performers will be over utilized. If you are coming in, do not perform at your maximum potential as this will be the minimum baseline that follows you throughout your career. You will not be rewarded/compensated for higher performance. Do not show your cards. -For a software company, so many individuals/jobs do not have the slightest clue about the products. If you can get a non-technical role within the company as you will be able to coast on the back of technical people. -Many are leaving in droves. Frustration, inconsistency, and rewarding of years of service over skill set/productivity has left a vastly under performing staff while the performers have jumped ship. -Much of the work is being sent to lower paid temp workers/over seas workers as "Kronos Partners" while the Kronos employees are left to deal with the "low customer SAT" of said partners. -Company thinks countless "pointless" programs is compensation enough to justify low salaries. If you want to attract new higher talent, raise salaries. Do not pump money into countless "programs" the bulk of your employees cannot take advantage of. -Horrible internal software and processes. -Terrible security of customer data. "SOC compliance" is thrown around as a joke idea internally. Customer data is always at risk as nothing is enforced. -Kronos buys up and destroys potential competitors squashing companies and innovation. -Aron Ain only cares about appearances, not actual employee morale. Many PR/Marketing people create falsified Glassdoor reviews and other reviews to stroke Ain's ego. He is vert out of touch with his company and its people. Typical CEO stuff however, he's not special or overly malicious in this way, he just doesn't know any better.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Jun 25, 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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