Not the same company after the merger - Lead Software QA Engineer UKG Employee Review

1.0
16 May 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Benefits are great but not sure they will last as everything seems to be getting stripped away/changing by the new company after the merger.

Cons

- The company is eliminating remote workers - Stressful environment - Management breaks their own rules when it comes to process and what to work on - Constant "context switching" - Management is inexperienced - Employees can no longer speak their mind without attacks from management - Office environment is not productive. Small shared workspaces, people on top of each other, noisy, hard to focus, - Benefits are changing after merger - Executive management claims the company is profitable but is constantly laying off people, using more people in India and employing consultants from Mexico. - Can't trust management anymore - Can't trust you will have a job tomorrow - Constant change - Constant reorgs - They're more focused on DEI than the core business

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1.0
25 Jun 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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