Campus is a secure work area. Some of the compensation is though the college benefit and discount for children. Even at highest percentage of merit increases, it doesn't keep pace with base line increases. For those who do not use the college benefit and discount for children, there is no option, so it's a compensation benefit not received. Job advancement is not easy.
Staff usually have to change departments and positions to move forward.
Compensation is not uniformly administered or based on performance. Hiring of same qualified individuals in same classified or titled positions at different salary levels. Job descriptions have little or nothing to do with most jobs. Continuity in pay. Uniformly administer performance evaluations at all levels.