Pros
Financially the company is doing well. Great benefits, particularly excellent health insurance fully covered by the company, and an unheard-of 45% 401k match. Alas that's about the only thing left from the "People First" principle.
Cons
On paper, UKG is a "merger" between Ultimate Software and Kronos. In practice, it turned into a full takeover of Ultimate Software by Kronos. Almost all senior leadership is either from Kronos, or brand new and chosen by the ex-Kronos leadership. And it didn't stop at the executive level; most ex-Ultimate VPs are also gone, supposedly "voluntarily". Company culture took a serious turn for the worse and is trending further down. This is by far the most "top down" company I've ever worked for. Decisions are made high above, with no input from leaders even at the director level, never mind below director. Some policies are counter-productive, for example, they will no longer allow hiring virtual employees - in the environment where finding qualified candidates is exceedingly hard, and where many other software companies have fully embraced the virtual model. At least desire to increase the proportion of office-based employees has a rationale behind it. But other policies are just plain ridiculous, like no more than 2 interviews per candidate, both of which must happen on Thursday. Seriously? I've been around the block a few times, but I've never seen, or even heard of, this sort of micro-management that makes hiring process more painful for no benefit whatsoever.