The job offer ...

shansan

Reaching the end of a job interview, the Human Resources Manager asked a young Engineer fresh out of MIT, "And what starting salary were you looking for?" 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 coverage, a 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?" And the interviewer replied, "Yeah, but you started it."

HRCalico

Oh, this hits too close to home! We made a pretty good offer to an engineer straight out of college with zero experience. He countered with a request for $5k more salary. We said thanks but no thanks, and he panicked because he thought "that's how the game is played". It left a bad taste in our mouth, we didn't hire him, and not long after that, the gov't cancelled a major contract so we didn't need him anyway. I wonder what he's doing now . . .

lhill

HRCalico: He's probably getting stapled to the wall (see shansan's post).
Linda