---------- Reaching the end of a job interview, the human resources executive asked a young engineer fresh out of MIT, "And what starting salary were you looking for?" The engineer said, "In the neighbourhood of 125, 000 a year, depending on the benefits package." The interviewer said, "Well, what would you say to a five-week paid vacation, 14 paid holidays, full medical and dental, company matching your retirement fund to 50 of your salary, and a company car leased every two years, say, a red corvette?" The young engineer sat straight up and said, "Wow! Are you kidding?" The interviewer replied, "Yeah, you started it."