Leaving soon. Don't be my replacement. - Finance UKG Employee Review

1.0
Jul 10, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Not a bad option if you want to work in an office in Chelmsford. Friendly people (mostly).

Cons

They are a privately held company that reports non-GAAP earnings. They do not include the cost of some very important items such as fees paid to the Private Equity company that owns them. This is publicly stated in the fine print of the earnings announcements. As a Finance professional this makes me less than 100% confident abut the integrity of their earnings statements. It makes me wonder how many people will be fired when they change ownership, and which executives have golden parachutes. There's been some employee dissatisfaction expressed lately and the management response has been really cookie-cutter and shallow. Sometimes we feel like we're in an episode of "The Office." Lastly, this is the least diverse company I have ever worked for. I'm sure this is not a deliberate strategy by the company, but the results are striking.

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1.0
Jun 25, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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