Bosses vs Workers

• When I take a long time, I am slow. When my boss takes a long time, he is thorough.
• When I don't do it, I am lazy. When my boss doesn't do it, he's too busy.
• When I do it without being told, I'm trying to be smart. When my boss does the same, that is initiative.
• When I please my boss, that's brown-nosing. When my boss pleases his boss, that's co-operating.
• When I do good, my boss never remembers. When I do wrong, he never forgets.

Engineer's Starting Salary

Reaching the end of a job interview, the Human Resources Officer asks a young engineer fresh out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "And what starting salary are you looking for?"  The engineer replies, "In the region of $125,000 a year, depending on the benefits package."  The interviewer replies, "Well, what would you say to a package of five weeks vacation, 14 paid holidays, full medical and dental, company matching retirement fund to 50% of salary, and a company car leased every two years, say, a red Corvette?"  The engineer sits up straight and says, "Wow! Are you kidding?" The interviewer replies, "Yeah, but you started it."

A Fair Wage

 I hired a temp while my secretary was on maternity leave. Trying to arrive at an agreeable wage, I asked what she expected to earn. She said, "Well... the minimum I could work for is four hundred a week." I told her I'd give her that much with pleasure. She shook her head and replied, "With pleasure, it'll be $600 a week."