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What is UKG Pro?

UKG delivers cloud-based HCM solutions including UKG Pro that help businesses simplify payroll computations, accelerate talent acquisition, manage time and attendance, and support proactive, strategic talent management on a global level.

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Top Performing Features

  • Employee demographic data

    Administrators have the ability to enter detailed demographic data for each employee.

    Category average: 8.4

  • Direct deposit files

    Direct deposit is the ability to electronically transfer pay to an employee’s personal bank account.

    Category average: 8.9

  • Update personal information

    Employees can update personal profile with change of address, dependents, or other personal data.

    Category average: 8.6

Areas for Improvement

  • Performance improvement plans

    Supervisors can track disciplinary actions such as performance improvement plans.

    Category average: 7.5

  • Ability to combine HR data with external data

    Ability to bring data from external systems like CRM and combine with HR data.

    Category average: 6.9

  • Create succession plans/pools

    Managers can create and manage pools of potentially high-performing individuals.

    Category average: 7.9

UKG - Always the gold standard for HRIS

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I am the Payroll Manager. My team is responsible for processing any pay or time related items. We configure business rules related to payroll. We run standard and ad hoc reports for internal and external customers. We utilize payment services for tax filing, garnishments, and direct deposits.

Pros

  • Step by step payroll processing
  • User friendly for employee self service
  • Robust reporting

Cons

  • New feature rollouts need a bit more communication/training
  • Prior year adjustments and amendments have too many steps
  • Deduction start/stop at year end stressful

Return on Investment

  • Streamlined payroll processing
  • Reduced errors with analytics
  • Automated multiple processes
  • Audit ease

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Oracle PeopleSoft HCM, ADP Celergo, Workday Workforce Management and isolved

Other Software Used

QAD Adaptive ERP, Salesforce CMS, SAP Concur

UKG Review 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Recruiting, onboarding, training, payroll, time tracking, performance reviews, HRSD. Faster onboarding <24 hours for 1/3 of new hires, allows integration with 3rd party time tracking, allows customized training and curricula. Our organization employs 6500+ workers in 43 states who are mostly remote. Recruiting/onboarding/training modules allow us to deliver without being face to face.

Pros

  • Payroll: allows import of time from 3rd party time tracker
  • Dynamic reporting abilities in BI
  • Onboarding efficiency

Cons

  • PTO mapping non-existent
  • employee voice not customizable
  • WFM changes are not linked to core

Return on Investment

  • improved onboarding process allows new hires on the job faster
  • report scheduling allows analyst time to work on other tasks
  • ACA tracking is easy to run each year

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Dayforce

Other Software Used

NetSuite ERP, Microsoft 365

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Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We utilize UKG Pro for our US and CAD payroll, it is an easy to use platform for both our employees and the payroll team. In the past year we have had turnover in the department, the training available and the ease of use made onboarding simple and were able to have the new person up and contributing in no time. Thank you

Pros

  • ease of use
  • All in one solution
  • Constant updates and new products

Cons

  • Dashboards

Return on Investment

  • Employee engagement
  • Quick onborading

Usability

UKG Pro Review 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Payroll, Benefits, Time Management, Performance Management, Salary or Compensation Management, UTM, BI, Year End, ACA Reporting, Vet Reporting, EOE reporting... we use it every day and all day long for everything employee/personal wise!

Pros

  • UTM
  • BI
  • Payroll processing

Cons

  • Rapid Response
  • Case Management
  • Service Request Management
  • Response time in general

Usability

UKG Pro Do Better Please

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

As a general manager I use UKG Pro to schedule my employees, complete trainings, check and update HR info, process payroll etc. I use it on almost a daily basis

Pros

  • i can not think of a single thing that, in my opinion, UKG Pro does better than anyone else
  • almost everything is difficult to use for us
  • and frankly I don't understand how they're so highly rated

Cons

  • In our experience, the page reloads every. single. time. you. do. anything. it's seriously infuriating and can make posting a schedule take 5 times longer than other scheduling platforms
  • shift types should be color coded and you should be able to view the shift type without clicking into it
  • please stop displaying the notification about the "new" drag and drop feature. it's not new. you've been saying this all year. and it doesn't really even work well.
  • In my opinion, the UX is not intuitive in the slightest, just in general it's very difficult to use
  • not having the option to change your schedule view to start on any day of the week other than monday is incredibly frustrating for us. our company starts the pay week on saturdays so calculating overtime for the week is difficult now that you've changed it.
  • week/month schedules should be able to be copied. and you should be able to both copy and delete a shift from the month view. I think it's crazy that you don't have this functionality
  • the fact that I had to hunt this survey down to give feedback because you have no direct support contact is also very inconvenient. In my opinion, UKG Pro doesn't care about the experience of their customers and this makes that evident
  • it's almost 2026 and the state of your mobile app is dissapointing at best. My team members almost exclusively use their phones to access their profile, and I think UKG Pro needs to put a focus on making the mobile user experience easier and more intuitive

Return on Investment

  • UKG Pro has significantly increased the amount of time I spend writing schedules, taking time away from other tasks that could use my attention more
  • UKG Pro has confused and frustrated my employees, again taking away time from other tasks to continuously troubleshoot and figure out how to access very basic information

Usability

Alternatives Considered

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