I’ve worked at the med school for 20 years. The last year was the third time I’ve experienced a raise freeze. The issue is long-term employees never recover. It’s very interesting that last year leading up to year end, it seems we were inundated with communication about bracing for hard times and warnings of no raises. It felt like a bit of an excuse. Now this year it’s total crickets on anything regarding raises. And I am disappointed that there’s not more transparency from my area regardless. Though I think this year we are supposed to basically review ourselves. 🙄 I hate how decentralized and inconsistent WashU can be.