BE-Salary

1. PERSONALIA

2. EMPLOYER PROFILE

3. CONTRACT & CONDITIONS

Current job title: Doctoral researcher
Seniority: 5yrs before I joined, now 7 or 8 years
Official hours/week : 38 hours/week
Average real hours/week incl. overtime: around 30 (often less, but I travel a lot for my research, and those are very intensive days)
Shiftwork or 9 to 5 (flexible?): flexible
On-call duty: no
Vacation days/year: 27 + closing between Christmas and New Years

4. SALARY

Gross salary/month: 3400
Average net salary/month (incl. net fees): 2850
13th month (full? partial?): partial
Meal vouchers: No
Ecocheques: Yes, starting the second year
Salary car/bike and/or fuel card: Have access to renting an electric bike from the university for 11euros/month
Group insurance (% employer): No
Other insurances: As a student, I get personal insurance for 10 euros/year
Other benefits (bonuses, stocks options, ... ): None

5. MOBILITY

City/region of work: Leuven
Distance home-work (km's/time): 1h30
How do you commute? bus then train, then bike (or bus)
How is the travel home-work compensated: STIB/SNCB/DeLijn card is offered or costs reimbursed
Telework days/week: 3-4-5 days (I am free to decide)

6. OTHER

How easy can you plan a day off: If I don't have any meetings, even last minute works
Is your job stressful? Very. Academia is very competitive, and the power dynamic with the supervisor is difficult. A lot of PhD students have burnout during the course of their PhD.
Education possibilities: Many courses to chose from for personal development, it's required that I take at least a few
Responsible for personnel (reports): no