44 · Survey Results: Survey Questions and Responses
When funding is available and the inequity is documented through the campus salary survey, pay is adjusted.
23. Which of the following compensation management challenges does your organization currently
face? Check all that apply. N=44
Inability to offer competitive merit increases 29 66%
Salaries not competitive with similar jobs external to the organization 23 52%
Salaries not equitable within the organization 18 41%
Other challenge 13 30%
Please briefly describe the other challenge(s). N=13
Compression
Cost of living in the region near the university
Inability for merit increases to reflect cost of living increases.
IT positions not competitive
Market data for newer positions
Perception of internal and external equity is an on-going challenge.
Salaries are low in light of the area’s cost of living.
Salary compression
Salary freezes and budget cuts affect increases.
The second “salaries” option is true only for our IT employees.
The structure of our ranks for librarians and faculty status results in high-paid senior librarians doing regular work,
and lower ranked faculty managing libraries and being paid less. We have an inequitable system but no way to fix
this ourselves.
Unable to offer salary increases for excellent ongoing work.
Unsure where salaries are not competitive with similar jobs external to the organization.
PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT
The purpose of this section is to learn more about the performance assessment practices your library uses.
24. Please indicate how frequently each category of library employee receives a performance
appraisal/evaluation. Please make one selection per row. N=51
Category Annually Other frequency N
Other professional staff 49 2 51
Library executive 40 11 51
Librarians 41 9 50
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