Benefits & Compensation Survey

The University of Alaska Human Resources team is conducting a Benefits & Compensation Survey to obtain additional feedback on the employee benefits & compensation packages. This is a follow-up survey to collect additional input for our survey in November. This Benefits & Compensation Survey includes additional questions on the total rewards package including expanded questions on employee compensation, including deferred compensation. Your participation in this survey is important to us as we review our benefit offerings and plan for future years. 

On February 13, benefit eligible employees received an email invitation with an anonymized unique link to the survey. The email was sent from Qualtrics (ua-benefits@qualtrics-survey.com) with the subject line, “Share your opinions about our benefits & compensation programs!”  CHRO Nickole Conley strongly encourages eligible employees to participate. The survey may take up to 10 minutes to complete, and, while it is a unique link, the responses are completely confidential and no personal information or identified responses will be shared with UA HR. The survey will close on Friday, February 27, 2026. 

If you are faculty or staff on a standard 9-month contract (working from August to May during the academic year), please know it is critical to review and respond to this survey. One of the survey questions will ask about preference for possible deferred compensation (pay spread across 12 months).

Thank you for your continued input as we look to improve the overall employee experience. 

If you have questions about the survey, please contact the UA Benefits team at ua-benefits@alaska.edu. 

2/12/2026: notification to UA leadership, governance groups, Deans & Directors and HRCs
2/13/2026: email notification to benefit eligible employees & survey launch
2/18 & 2/23: reminder email notifications sent from Qualtrics