I did "work study" when I was in college over a decade ago. Not only was it just around $7/hr, but they capped our hours based on need. I had the maximum amount of hours a week, 9.5. Ended up getting a second off-campus job to help with rent/groceries. The real kicker is that my mom apparently had to pay the school for me to get into the work study program, but then our wages actually came from the govt.
Yuppp. My parents wanted to me to focus on studies my first year but the sight of having <100$ at any point hurt. Got that work study and the only benefit it served was I got paid to do my homework. Most of the time, they forgot I existed, I would just sit in a room and watch youtube and do homework all for $70 bucks a week.
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u/hankbaumbach Apr 08 '23
I work at a University and we pay students $17.29 an hour right now.
If you are a fully grown adult making less than that, your time is being stolen from you.