University of South Alabama Employee Reviews about "low pay"

Pros

Employee/family tuition program (50% courses). Physicians and caregivers that truly want to help the community. A few competent managers that know what they are doing and allow employees to thrive.

Cons

Low pay across the board - long term faculty sometimes earn less than their new colleagues. No merit pay. The most recent raise was 3%, which covered the increase in insurance costs. The raise before that was 2-3 years prior, which also covered the increase in insurance costs. PTO is required for closures - including hurricanes and icy roads. The benefits for healthcare workers are very different than on-campus employees (who are paid for extreme weather days off). Even for employees, it is difficult to get appointments within the system. Specialties are not well represented in all departments. In a system this big, hospital employees should have an in-house urgent care. Incompetence is tolerated because the paperwork required to dismiss employees is significant - departments suffer intensely because of a cost-sunk fallacy with incompetent department chairs, rude nursing staff, and lazy clerks/office workers/staff. Annual evaluations are pointless because again, there is no merit pay for hard work and no consequences for poor performance and bad behavior.

Pros

Flexible schedules, friendly supervisors, fun assignements

Cons

Low pay, few positions available, no raises

Pros

Great benefits, holidays, vacation and discounts. The university offers tuition reimbursement which helped as I was attended school at the time I was employed with them.

Cons

The university has a very low pay scale. The university doesn't always give raises and when they do they are minimal.

Pros

Full tuition reimbursement for doctoral program.

Cons

Some other graduate programs in this same univ pay $25,000 and provide health insurance. This position has no health benefits. Have to renew contract annually and stay continuously enrolled in the PhD program in Instructional Design. Low pay for professional work product. You are not assisting, you are doing the work of faculty members and professional instructional designers for a fraction of the pay. Just hired a new director, so the work environment may change.

Pros

The job is usually easy and you end up with a lot of experience and portfolio material.

Cons

The pay is low, but that's not why you get this job. Sometimes you have to work late on Sunday before publication.

Pros

Small patrol areas, Great at assisting students such as opening locked car doors, Jump starting dead battery's . As a law enforcement officer you get a chance to meet various people from all over the world as well as their parents at times. They have a very good interaction with other law enforcement departments.

Cons

Little training no advancement, unless you join the inter group. The school pushes education but will not pay for the level of education obtained. The Police personnel have a large turn over of law enforcement officers. Reasons include low pay, promotions depend on who you know not what you know. Education and experience do not count. even for pay purposes.

Pros

Generous health insurance and retirement plans. Access to USA doctors. Tuition reimbursement after 6 months of employment.

Cons

Low pay. Long hours. Employees who have been with the bookstore for years are allowed to do nothing. Management puts these employees' work responsibilities onto other employees. There is little to no support from upper management.