Don't drink the cool-aid - Anonymous employee UKG Employee Review

If you are going to work there just don’t drink the UKG cool-aid. They will dump you probably faster than most companies when things get tight because they at some point want to go public in the US and need those financials to be tight and the best way to do that is by cutting people. What most of the people are saying on the site about remote work is true. They basically loved remote workers during the pandemic but now the ceo is backing out of that position. It seems like a pretty despicable thing to do especially when you were hired full time remote and if you are not in commutable distance from an office he might not be making you come in but you sure aren’t feeling very welcome. As for how the company was before the merger I can’t really speak to that I wasn’t there then but I heard it was good. As for management, well the company is a mess they merged years ago on paper but never actually merged apps or systems so there is basically 2 or 3 of everything. Management brings in consultants to do all the dirty work of firing people and reorganizing the place. There is a lot of work to do which is good but management is terrible at prioritizing projects so everything is in major disarray. Panic is not a management style but they seem to think it is which is why every project is critical, no order to things and you are constantly under pressure to complete projects for no discernible reason. You will stress to complete a ‘critical’ project then you will see it get shelved for years. Your co-workers are very nice and I understand people always complain about management but in this case I must say there is plenty here to complain about. So my advice, take the job if offered but be careful. They have recently changed raised their performance review standards to Rank & Yank so if you get a ‘doesn’t meet expectations’ on your review start looking for a job you probably have 3-4 months. Good luck guys.