Frustrating work app experience
Users experience significant frustration with the app's performance, citing issues such as slow loading times and frequent malfunctions. Despite their efforts to resolve these problems, including reinstalling the app, many feel compelled to use it for work despite their strong dislike.
23 people in 29 posts across 2 sources · demand low, pain low, competition moderate
The pain
shares of 29 quoted postsWhat goes wrong, and for whom
- Who
- 23 people using UKG Workforce Central
- What goes wrong
- Doesn't work21% of posts
- Missing feature7% of posts
- Wastes time7% of posts
- How bad
- 86% of posts are complaints · pain score low (33/100)
- Since
- 22 Jan 2024 → 13 Sept 2026
Is this a startup idea?
Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use — the fix belongs first to that provider.
- Complaints are about
- UKG Workforce Central
- Looking for something else
- 3% want an alternative · 10% ask the provider for a feature
- What the numbers say
- Almost nobody is looking for a different product — people want this provider to fix it, not a new option.
The pain — what people say
Their asks, who is writing, and the posts themselves
People are asking for
In their own words — asks pulled from the evidence, most-repeated first
“Which I do, and that still does not work.”
What people were doing
Every post behind this page, by what its author was doing — and when each one was written
- Complaint2586%
- Looking for an alternative13%
- Request310%
Sources
29 signals · 2 sources
Evidence
Raw public posts behind this opportunity — click through to the original
…ys make sure my settings are correct and that I did everything right. Which I do, and that still does not work. The app literally sits and spins like it’s loading but never goes anywhere. I get so tired of fighting with an app everyday.
Doesn't work…Central As far as having access to info and to clock in, it's fine. But the app is awful when it comes to loading up. It takes forever if the wi-fi is not strong. Other apps still load, not this one! Have to close and reopen it multiple times for the front page to finally load up to log in. Very frustrating when it…
Strong complaintFrustratedUKG Workforce Central — Never works I’m surprised this company has yet to be sued for breach of contract because this app does not work, yet this company continues to get paid to manage work schedules for many companies. The login page alone is a joke with how it is always more than 50% off screen and cannot be seen.…
Doesn't workUKG Workforce Central It doesn't work. I've deleted and reinstalled the app multiple times and it still doesn't work. As soon as I put in my user ID and password it crashes. The app will close and I'll get a notification saying "unfortunately kronos has stopped working." No further information or help. It used to work…
Doesn't work…o for me to have to zoom in to be able to click anything on this app. Talk about frustrating user experience, this is it right here.
Frustrated
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Opportunity history
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Why did it move?
Score 36.4 → 36.3 · 25 Sept 2026, 00:00 → 01:15 UTC
How the score was measured39 measured values behind the seven sub-scores · each shows the value, then the points it earned out of 100Show ↓Hide ↑
Questions about this idea
- Is Frustrating work app experience a startup idea?
- Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use, and the fix belongs first to that provider. The page shows what is frustrating users and how badly — not an open market to start a company in.
- How many people have this problem?
- 23 different people described it independently, in 29 mentions, the earliest from 22 Jan 2024 and the most recent from 13 Sept 2026. The quotes, with dates and links to the originals, are in the Evidence section.
- Is this problem getting worse?
- Current status: stable — mentioned at a steady rate. Momentum is 51/100, measured as how often it is mentioned recently compared with before.
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