Meaning of くらい in this sentence


# The Sentence

「君たちはお金をもらって会社で仕事を教えてもらい、鍛えられている。給料をもらうなんて話が逆だろう。 **会社がもらいたいくらいだ** 。授業料、持ってこい」

From my estimation (and thanks to
[@chocolate](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/users/9831/chocolate)) this
translates to: (?)

> You guys are paid to be taught the work and trained at the company. Getting
> paid? It's the other way around! The company would rather get it (the
> salary?). Bring/Hand the tuition fees!

