A 3.8% salary increase is not a raise if everything else went up 5-10%. That is just your employer helping you lose purchasing power a little more slowly.I know companies call it a "cost of living adjustment," but a lot of these raises are not actually adjusting to the cost of living. They are adjusting to the cost of pretending everyone should be grateful.Groceries went up. Insurance went up. Rent went up. Property taxes went up. Childcare went up.Basically everything that touches a normal family's budget has gotten more expensive.Cape May County MUA needs to do better to retain employees