21st Century Student FinLit -Getting Personal SW

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_ ______________________________________________________________________________ _ ______________________________________________________________________________ _ ______________________________________________________________________________ _ ______________________________________________________________________________ _ ______________________________________________________________________________ _ ______________________________________________________________________________ 15. Beverly’s buddy Barney is in the tech industry. He has been job interviewing with a company across town. They offer employee perks such as free meals, a gym membership, casual Friday, free concerts, and a car allowance. Beverly is puzzled. The companies she interviewed with haven’t got anything like that. What might account for the offering of such awesome perks? _ ______________________________________________________________________________ _ ______________________________________________________________________________ _ ______________________________________________________________________________ 16. Beverly is concerned that, over time inflation , which is an increase in the price of consumer goods and services, will reduce the value of her salary. Company A tells her not to worry about this, because there is a COLA . Beverly does not drink soda and can’t understand why it matters anyway. Explain to her what COLA is and what it is based on. _ ______________________________________________________________________________ _ ______________________________________________________________________________ _ ______________________________________________________________________________ Bonus: Which company do you recommend for Beverly? Should she freelance? __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT PREVIEW

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