Downsides are that the pay is low for the amount of work required. A common line used amongst student workers is "full-time work for part-time pay." Which brings me to the 20 hours. While working a full 20 hours a week is optional working over that amount is prohibited unless classes are out for winter or summer break. I guess this is in place so that students can put more emphasis on their class work but I think students should be given the opportunity to work more then that if they wanted to, either that or raise the pay. $8.00/hr or $320 every two weeks (if your work the full 20/hrs) is pretty ridiculous when you have to factor in that students are on their own for transportation to and from school - this includes metro - which is costly in itself, then we're on our own for parking - $45.00 a month or $17.00 a day - and many students that are in housing have to work multiple jobs in addition to working at Devry just to make ends meet. While we do get "raises" I hardly call a quarter every year a raise. Yeah, I know its temporary we're just their to work until we graduate but I don't think anyone takes into consideration how much gets done at that campus thanks to student workers. We get no benefits, if a work day falls on a holiday or a day that school is closed, we don't get paid for that day, which wouldn't be such a bummer if we didn't get paid hardly anything in the first place. If I didn't need the money and if the economy were not in such a state that I could move on to something better I would have left a long time ago.
