the personnel recruitment officer asken a young engineer fresh out of Cambridge,

人事招聘主管问一位刚从剑桥 桥毕业的年轻工程师：

" And what starting salary were you looking for?"

“你想要起薪多少呢 ？”

The engineer said,"In the neighborhood of $140,000 a year,depending on the benefits package ."

工程师说 ：“太约一年十四万左右吧，要视整体福利而定。”

The interviewer said,"Well ,what would you say to a package of 5-weeks vacation,

面试主管说：“嗯，五个礼拜的假期，

14 paid holidays,full medical and dental,

十四天带薪假，全额补助医疗和看牙科，

company matching retirement¹ fund to 50% of salary ,

百分之五十薪资的公司相对退休基金，

and a company car leased every 2 years ,say,a red sports Mercedes? "

每两年公司租用配车，比如说，红色的奔驰跑车，你觉得怎幺样呀？”

The engineer sat up straight and said ,

工程师挺直坐着说：

"Wow!Are you kidding?"

“哇！你在开玩笑吧？”

And the interviewer replied,"Yeah,but you started it."

面试主管回答说 ：“对呀。不过是你起头的呀。”