Reaching the end of a job interview ,
到了工作面试的最后部分,
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 retirement 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。”