College Grad's Starting Salary
By TriciaW
@TriciaW (2441)
United States
May 29, 2008 6:48am CST
Reaching the end of a job interview, the Human Resources Person asked a young engineer who was fresh out of MIT, "What starting salary were you thinking about?" The Engineer said, "In the neighborhood of $125,000 a year, depending on the benefits package." The interviewer said, "Well, what would you say to a package of 5 weeks vacation, 14 paid holidays, full medical and dental, company matching retirement fund to 50% of salary, and a company car leased every 2 years - say, a red Corvette?" The Engineer sat up straight and said, "Wow! Are you kidding?" The interviewer replied, "Yeah, but you started it."
Everyone has a right to have high expectations right?
3 responses
@julyteen (13252)
• Davao, Philippines
20 Jun 08
this teach us that there's nothing wrong about dreaming but you must wake up to see your dreams come true. with that situation, it seems that the applicant is fast still asleep when he's applying for the job. one must wake up to see the real situation and make his way into making his dreams come true. there's nothing wrong in expecting high, as long as it doesn't trespass the horizons of impossibility.
@Thoroughrob (11742)
• United States
29 May 08
I do think that alot of times, people think they go to college and should get out and get the real high paying jobs.
