Brutal wake-up call of corporate life; your loyalty doesn't matter to them - Senior Learning Experience Designer UKG Employee Review

2.0
26 Aug 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Benefits, trust in employees, flexible work options, great mission and great products

Cons

"Our Purpose is People" used to be true, but then they laid off 2,400+ with an email (or worse, a fedex label to return your computer.) I absolutely loved my team and our work. Many on the team had been there 10 or even 20 years, laid off without a word. It's unacceptable to claim "Our Purpose is People" when you treat our own in this way.

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1.0
25 June 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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