Kennesaw State University reviews

The payscale classification is a joke. No one has had raises in five years, and nowadays the only way to get a raise is by "reclassification," and the only way to do that is a) by getting a position in another department, or b) if your supervisor receives a reclassification. Do NOT work here if you are looking for decent pay or promising promotion opportunities. Especially over the next few years with the SPSU consolidation, pay and hiring are going to be extremely static, and I imagine responsibilities are going to increase significantly. Other universities pay much more fairly, and I imagine KSU's growth and success will suffer in the long run because of this if they do not make a change.

There are absolutely NO salary raises even though there is a mandatory performance evaluation each year! There are never any merit increases. You can work in the same position for five years and not be moved to a next level advising title/salary; you will always be a Level 1 even if you have over 5 year's experience. The academic advising salary at KSU does not afford a person the ability to survive. Though USG gave a $5k increase to everyone as a market rate increase, an adult especially a single parent/salary cannot truly survive on $45k/year considering the cost of living in Georgia. Rent is extremely high and truly not affordable with this salary. Working here will have an employee shopping at Goodwill, Salvation Army, Must Ministries, and getting food from pantries because the salary does not afford comfortable living. In other words, this is a great job if you are satisfied with living 'almost' paycheck to paycheck! This job will place you in the bracket of 'The Working Poor!'