Orion Crest, Series_1

Chapter 155: Best youth reporter

　　Early the next morning, Woolf called.

　　"As per your request, the headhunter has identified a suitable candidate for the manager, the other party has five years of working experience as the head of the intellectual property department in Verizon Telecom, and there is no blemish on his professional resume, when do you think you will have time to meet with him?"

　　Sitting in the hotel lobby enjoying breakfast, Orion thought for a moment and replied, "Just the next couple of days, I'm planning on getting this done before the end of January. I'm at a hotel near Berkeley right now, you have him come down to San Francisco and the company will reimburse him for the round trip flight."

　　"Okay Professor," said Woolf respectfully on the other end of the line, "he's in California at the moment, I'll have him contact you as soon as possible."

　　The sooner the business was completed, it would be faster for the AM Firm to get the final payment from Orion, and earlier for Woolf to get his own commission.

　　In a sense, AM Firm and Woolf, more than Orion, were more enthusiastic about getting these things done sooner.

　　Soon after Woolf's call was disconnected, Orion received a call from the former Verizon executive and set the time and place for the meeting at 2:00 p.m. and at a coffee shop located near the Berkeley campus. ......

　　......

　　[Wyatt Sheridan, 35, male, Ph.D. in Management from the University of Pennsylvania. Five years of experience as head of the intellectual property department at Verizon Telecom ......]

　　Putting down the CV in his hand, Orion looked at the man sitting across from him.

　　"Your CV can be described as very nice, but what puzzles me is that Verizon offered you a salary of $200,000 a year, but you still chose to leave."

　　"The head of Verizon's intellectual property department is a nice position, but he doesn't give me any professional fulfilment, and I'm unlikely to have any career upward mobility for five years. And it's more like that I'm working for the lawyers than the head of the department." Wyatt said with a shrug.

　　Orion: "And now what? StarTech's business is mostly patent management, and your job is probably the same as it was before, it hasn't changed much."

　　Not hiding his thoughts, Wyatt smiled and said, "You're right, but StarTech can offer me an annual salary of three hundred thousand dollars and the position of a manager, which is something Verizon can't possibly offer me."

　　An annual salary of three hundred thousand dollars was definitely considered a high salary in the United States. According to Glassdoor's data, Microsoft's chief development manager's annual salary is only $294,000 when compared horizontally.

　　Of course, the annual salary is not all of Microsoft's employee benefits, but let's put that aside.

　　All in all, $300,000 per year is definitely an offer that can't be refused for Wyatt Sheridan.

　　Dreams are important in this country, but dollars are more important.

　　Orion was also very pleased with this honest employee.

　　While it's easier to get into a boss's good graces by talking more about expectations for the company's future growth and corporate culture, White doesn't do that. And crucially, he had an impeccable CV and was experienced in patent management.

　　Smiling and nodding, Orion extended his right hand.

　　"Congratulations, I hope that under your management, I can see a better StarTech."