UKG Has Lots of Features, but that means there's lots to learn
October 20, 2023

UKG Has Lots of Features, but that means there's lots to learn

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with UKG Ready

We use UKG Ready for time, payroll, and HR. We have both direct hire and contract employees, who are full-time and part-time, and manage their time with UKG Ready. We do payroll for direct hires with UKG and manage state and local taxes in over 20 states with UKG. We just competed our first Open Enrollment for benefits with UKG.
  • Reporting for complicated timecard management
  • Flexible payroll processing
  • Easy, one-stop source of employee HR/benefits information
  • System is very complicated, which is a plus because it can handle almost any situation but difficult to learn
  • There are often several ways to complete a task and it isn't always clear the most efficient route to follow
  • Reporting can be clumsy to customize
  • UKG Ready has reduced the amount of time we spend preparing payroll
  • UKG Ready tax documentation has been very good and simplified that aspect of our work
  • Self-service possibilities has reduced workload on HR
UKG is very complicated and not always intuitive. However, the support options are excellent. There is very good online documentation available, a community message board that is a valuable resource and it is easy to submit support cases to receive one-on-one assistance. Even once you're familiar with how to accomplish tasks, it's difficult to set up shortcuts or memorize pathways for doing things. Although the system reports are comprehensive, they can be difficult to customize.
In my opinion, our integration and implementation was a huge headache. UKG is such a large company that we were constantly dealing with new people and having to start over with problems each time a new team became involved. We have been trying since July to get some simple feeds to vendors set up and it has proved a major challenge and very frustrating. It has been very hard to find someone to take responsibility for supervising this task and they are constantly passing our project to different people.
We recently implemented our first Open Enrollment for benefits. THe support from the UKG customer service in setting up the benefit plans and profiles for various employee groups was very good. We are still working on getting the EDI feeds correct.

Do you think UKG Ready delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with UKG Ready's feature set?

Yes

Did UKG Ready live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of UKG Ready go as expected?

No

Would you buy UKG Ready again?

Yes

I would think that it is probably too much system for a small, straightforward company set up. As a complicated company with locations in a number of states and many different employee situations, it is flexible enough for our needs.

UKG Ready Feature Ratings

Employee demographic data
Not Rated
Employment history
Not Rated
Job profiles and administration
Not Rated
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
Not Rated
Organizational charting
Not Rated
Organization and location management
Not Rated
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
Not Rated
Pay calculation
9
Support for external payroll vendors
Not Rated
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment
9
Benefit plan administration
9
Direct deposit files
Not Rated
Salary revision and increment management
9
Approval workflow
6
Balance details
9
Annual carry-forward and encashment
Not Rated
View and generate pay and benefit information
Not Rated
Update personal information
9
View job history
Not Rated
View company policy documentation
9
Tracking of all physical assets
Not Rated
Not Rated
Report builder
Not Rated
Pre-built reports
Not Rated
Performance plans
Not Rated
Performance improvement plans
Not Rated
Review status tracking
Not Rated
Review reminders
Not Rated
Multiple review frequency
Not Rated
Create succession plans/pools
Not Rated
Candidate ranking
Not Rated
Candidate search
Not Rated
Candidate development
Not Rated
Not Rated
New hire portal
Not Rated
Manager tracking tools
Not Rated
Individual goal setting
Not Rated
Performance tracking
Not Rated
Job Requisition Management
Not Rated
Company Website Posting
Not Rated
Publish to Social Media
Not Rated
Job Search Site Posting
Not Rated
Duplicate Candidate Prevention
Not Rated
Applicant Tracking
Not Rated
Notifications and Alerts
Not Rated