1. PERSONALIA

• Age: 27
• Education: Bachelor Degree
• Work experience : 5years, 1,5 in engineering (4 in high-tech environment as maintenance specialist)
• Civil status: Single
• Dependent people/children: None

2. EMPLOYER PROFILE

• Sector/Industry: Public Sector/Civil Service
• Amount of employees: Les then 50
• Multinational? No

3. CONTRACT & CONDITIONS

• Current job title: Consultant Automation Engineer
• Seniority: in my rank: 1,5 year
• Official hours/week : 40 Real hours/week
• Average real hours/week incl. overtime: depending the period or project
• Shiftwork or 9 to 5 (flexible?): 9 to 5, flexible hours, homework etc
• On-call duty: No
• Vacation days/year: 20 Vacation, 12ADV

4. SALARY

• Gross salary/month: 2750
• Average net salary/month (incl. net fees): roughly 2250
• Netto compensation: Yes but not known how much exactly
• 13th month (full? partial?): Full (i think)
• Meal vouchers: 8 EURO/Day
• Ecocheques: 250/Year
• Salary car/bike and/or fuel card: Yes, fuel card
• Group insurance (% employer): Yes
• Other insurances: Hspitalisation, Allan Mind insurance
• Other benefits (bonuses, stocks options, ... ): Company Car, Laptop, Cellphone + abbonement

5. MOBILITY

• City/region of work: Brussels - Antwerp - Gent
• Distance home-work (km's/time): 75 km/1 to 1,5h (single way) when going to Brussels, as i'm doing now
• How do you commute? Company Car (Now Renault Meganne, soon to be VW ID4)
• How is the travel home-work compensated: No, only fuel card
• Telework days/week: Employer demands 50% but the company where i am consulting now has no real demand (usualy go 2 to 3 days a week to Brussels)

6. OTHER

• How easy can you plan a day off: Easily for single days, vacations 2 weeks in advance
• Is your job stressful? Only during commisioning
• Education possibilities: Selfstudy is appreciated but education is provided when needed by clients
• Responsible for personnel (reports): no

I would like to know what you guys think of my wage, considering to start as freelance much closer to where i live now due to the long travel time and the freedom that comes with it. I would also like to know how much i am able to ask if i start as freelance in my branch. Some companies are telling me 60 - 70€/h for my experience is a good thing.