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19-Year-Old Porter Demands a $125k Salary (Current Labor Market)

9 Dec 2025 · 1 min

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A short YouTube monologue (by Chris Collins) recounting a humorous job-interview exchange where a 19-year-old candidate asks for $125,000 a year. The speaker mock-negotiates by listing an exaggerated benefits package (vacation, PTO, 401(k) match, and a complimentary Corvette) to highlight the candidate's high salary expectation.

Questions this video answers

$125,000 per year.

5 weeks of paid vacation.

14 PTO sick days.

A 50/50 match on the 401(k) up to half of the candidate's salary.

A complimentary Corvette, replaced every two years.

Chapters

I'm asking all the questions to this fellow and he's like 19 years old or something like that. And then we get to the conversation part about salary. And I said what are your salary expectations? And he says well, I'd really like to make about $125,000 a year. And I look at him and I'm like, well.
Is that a requirement? He's like well no, I could be flexible depending on the benefit package. So I said, well, why don't we do this? Why don't we give you 5 weeks of paid vacation, 14 PTO days for sick days, we'll do a 5050 match on your 401k up to half of your salary and then we'll also give you a complimentary Corvette to drive and we'll just every two years we'll just give you a new car. How's all that sound? He says wow, are you kidding? And I said yes I am. But you started.