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What is UKG Ready?

Designed for small businesses where everyone wears multiple hats, UKG Ready® is the all-in-one HR solution that guides and empowers your people to make their day-to-day easier. From HR and payroll to talent and time, we’re the partner in your corner rooting for your success and giving you the tools, support, and time needed to focus on growth and making a difference.

Who Uses UKG Ready?

Designed for businesses with 200 or more employees, UKG is a multiple award winner leading cloud-based solution that provides skills tracking, performance management, shift swapping and much more.

Where can UKG Ready be deployed?

Cloud-based
On-premise

About the vendor

  • UKG
  • Located in Lowell, US
  • Founded in 1977

UKG Ready support

  • Phone Support
  • Chat

Countries available

Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China and 9 others

Languages

Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German and 1 others

UKG Ready pricing

Starting Price:

Not provided by vendor
  • No free trial
  • No free version

UKG Ready does not have a free version and does not offer a free trial.

About the vendor

  • UKG
  • Located in Lowell, US
  • Founded in 1977

UKG Ready support

  • Phone Support
  • Chat

Countries available

Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China and 9 others

Languages

Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German and 1 others

UKG Ready videos and images

UKG Ready Software - A single solution for all employee information enables comprehensive people analytics and room for HR strategy in your day-to-day​.
UKG Ready Software - Right-size benefits to match your organization and people.
UKG Ready Software - Pay your people quickly, simply, and correctly so you can deliver the perfect paycheck every time.
UKG Ready Software - Get proactive, practical, and trusted guidance automatically — that helps you help your people.
UKG Ready Software - Obtain all the tools to source, engage, develop and grow your people all in one place.
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UKG Ready video
UKG Ready Software - A single solution for all employee information enables comprehensive people analytics and room for HR strategy in your day-to-day​.
UKG Ready Software - Right-size benefits to match your organization and people.
UKG Ready Software - Pay your people quickly, simply, and correctly so you can deliver the perfect paycheck every time.
UKG Ready Software - Get proactive, practical, and trusted guidance automatically — that helps you help your people.
UKG Ready Software - Obtain all the tools to source, engage, develop and grow your people all in one place.

Features of UKG Ready

  • ACA Reporting
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Action Management
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Applicant Tracking
  • Application Management
  • Approval Process Control
  • Assessment Management
  • Attendance Management
  • Attendance Tracking
  • Audit Management
  • Automated Scheduling
  • Availability Management
  • Background Screening
  • Benchmarking
  • Benefits Dashboard
  • Benefits Management
  • Biometric Recognition
  • Budget Management
  • Budgeting/Forecasting
  • COBRA Administration
  • CRM
  • Calendar Management
  • Candidate Management
  • Career Development
  • Check Printing
  • Clock In/Out
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Compensation Management
  • Competency Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Compliance Tracking
  • Course Management
  • Course Tracking
  • Customisable Templates
  • Direct Deposit
  • Document Management
  • Employee Benefits Administration
  • Employee Database
  • Employee Directory
  • Employee Handbook
  • Employee Management
  • Employee Portal
  • Employee Profiles
  • Employee Recognition
  • Employee Scheduling
  • Employee Self Service
  • Engagement Tracking
  • Feedback Management
  • Float Pool Management
  • For Accountants
  • Goal Management
  • Goal Setting/Tracking
  • HIPAA Compliant
  • HR Management
  • Health Insurance Administration
  • Individual Development Plans
  • Interview Management
  • Interview Scheduling
  • Job Posting
  • Leave Policy Management
  • Leave Tracking
  • Market Data Analysis
  • Messaging/Shift Dispatching
  • Mobile Access
  • Multi-Location
  • Onboarding
  • Ongoing Performance Tracking
  • Online Benefits Enrollment
  • Online Booking
  • Online Scheduling
  • Overtime Calculation
  • Payroll Management
  • Payroll Reporting
  • Peer Appraisals
  • Performance Management
  • Performance Metrics
  • Performance Review Management
  • Provider Management
  • Pulse Surveys
  • Question Library
  • Real-time Scheduling
  • Recruitment Management
  • Reminders
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Resume Parsing
  • Resume Storage
  • Review Cycle Tracking
  • Scheduling
  • Search/Filter
  • Self Service Portal
  • Shift Scheduling
  • Shift Swapping
  • Skills Tracking
  • Succession Management
  • Succession Planning
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Talent Acquisition
  • Task Management
  • Tax Compliance
  • Time & Attendance
  • Time Off Management
  • Time Tracking
  • Timesheet Management
  • Training Management
  • Vacation/Leave Tracking
  • W-2 Preparation
  • Workflow Management

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Reviews of UKG Ready

Average score

Overall
4.2
Ease of Use
4.0
Customer Service
4.0
Features
4.0
Value for Money
4.0

Reviews by company size (employees)

  • <50
  • 51-200
  • 201-1,000
  • >1,001
Tyler
Tyler
Director of Human Relations in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Facilities Services, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Great Product and Services

5.0 last year

Comments: Wouldn't change anything! It has simplified and streamlined all our processes into an easy to use system.

Pros:

A one-stop shop with white-glove service has met every need that we have had.

Cons:

Would prefer the success care training happen earlier in the process.

Alternatives Considered: Payentry, ADP Workforce Now and Paylocity

Reasons for Choosing UKG Ready: Looking for more service.

Switched From: BambooHR

Reasons for Switching to UKG Ready: Again, UKG met all our needs.

Jessica
Jessica
Game Programmer in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Computer Software, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

The fact that it covers every HR need in one place is a big plus

4.0 last year

Comments: I am addressing the issue of digitizing and automating human resources procedures. When I first joined the firm, there was some resistance to adopting "the cloud." With my increasing use of UKG, I am facilitating faster data access and a more fluid technological experience for everyone.

Pros:

UKG Ready is an excellent payroll administration system for small and medium-sized businesses. Payroll duties can be handled conveniently from any location with online access. Customers are able to automate and streamline crucial processes with the use of automation, artificial intelligence and machine learning, integration, higher productivity, and mobile apps.

Cons:

The thing I despise most about UKG is not a fault with UKG per se, but rather an issue that UKG is likely to face: adoption. Adoption is not as robust as it could be because of a small percentage of long-term employees who are reluctant to embrace change.

Mikisha
RN in US
Hospital & Health Care, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

UKG for the Win

5.0 2 months ago New

Comments: As I mention before my job uses this and it is very convent

Pros:

I love this software because you the freedom to view your schedule, request time off, and check your schedule from the comfort of your home. My job uses this, and I absolutely think that it is wonderful.

Cons:

The only con that I have is that it can be difficult to fix your timecard if you miss a punch in or out.

Alicia
Payroll Specialist in US
Financial Services, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source
Source: SoftwareAdvice

Kronos WorkForce Ready

2.0 5 years ago

Pros:

The termination process is less steps than it was in Kronos Workforce Central

Cons:

Using WFR is like taking a trip back in time. The functionality of the system is very clunky, and resembles the old dos systems. There is no room to customize to fit our company needs. We were told that this system would free up our team to do other projects, if anything it has increased the time needed to preform. The date sensitivity is very annoying, when we make changes we should be able to enter them with an effective date, but the system uses the date we are entering the employee changes as the effective date. During implementation, we were constantly told 'the system does not do that', or 'that can't be done'. Out implementation process was terrible, and we still don't have everything working. Moving from one Kronos product to another should have been seamless, it was anything but seamless. The implementation team should have been able to look at our company in Central and recreate in Ready, without us having to provide everything for them. This was the worst implementation I have ever gone through, it was worse that SAP, which is very sad. I could go on and on, but I won't. I have a spreadsheet comparing Kronos Workforce Central to Kronos Workforce Ready, if you would like to see it I can provide for you.

Sara
Social Media Manager in Singapore
Food & Beverages, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Enhances employee privacy and gives them the right to review evaluations and follow up on their progress according to performance indicators

5.0 2 months ago

Comments: UKG Ready has given evaluations the required transparency, enhanced the values ​​of self-criticism among employees and enabled them to manage their relationships and work affairs efficiently.

Pros:

I like that UKG Ready is like an employee's bag. Everything is in the same place, we can easily access information about our job status and progress according to KPIs. I liked the ease of documenting the start and end of official working hours and the accuracy of documentation, issuing a payslip, scheduling vacations or requesting leave directly from the employee's page. I liked the ease of approving goals with UKG Ready, and I liked the ease of sharing them with direct managers by updating them and issuing reports about them. What UKG Ready provides in terms of dashboards that display progress according to each KPI independently, and the transparency of accessing and reviewing evaluations is very motivating to put in more effort.

Cons:

UKG Ready has not overlooked anything, is easy to use, and ensures real-time notifications that keep us up to date with updates.