Ok_Ad8609 t1_iqvvazi wrote on October 3, 2022 at 2:09 PM

I worked at UMBC and University of Baltimore for several years, and the pay raises were very very minimal in my experience. Sometimes there was no real increase, and when there was, I honestly don’t remember the exact amount, but I think it’s because it was just so minimal that I didn’t really notice ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I taught in the Liberal Arts department in case that matters, but this is my experience with university jobs.

deaconsune t1_iqx470i wrote on October 3, 2022 at 7:03 PM

Same here, though I can look back at my documents and say that for 3 of my 5 years at UMB, I received no raise, and twice I received a 3% COLA raise. I left for multiple reasons, one of which was I was told every year that we were getting COLA raises, but then was later told that my position didn't qualify. It was...frustrating.

I will say, that I was admin, and the faculty had no such issues.

Ok_Ad8609 t1_iqxr2r8 wrote on October 3, 2022 at 9:30 PM

Yeah, same in terms of the “frustrating” aspect. That’s why I left academia and never looked back! 😎