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1. PERSONALIA

• Age: 28
• Education: Master Chemical Engineering Technology
• Work experience : 5 years
• Civil status: Married
• Dependent people/children: 1 baby

2. EMPLOYER PROFILE

• Sector/Industry: Metal
• Amount of employees: About 300
• Multinational? Yes

3. CONTRACT & CONDITIONS

• Current job title: Operational Manager
• Seniority: in my rank: 7 months
• Official hours/week : 40 Real hours/week
• Average real hours/week incl. overtime: 40-50 depending the period
• Shiftwork or 9 to 5 (flexible?): 8 to 16h30
• On-call duty: No
• Vacation days/year: 42 days incl. ADV

4. SALARY

• Gross salary/month: 4350
• Average net salary/month (incl. net fees): +/- 2600
• Netto compensation: 150
• 13th month (full? partial?): Full
• Meal vouchers: 8 € per day
• Ecocheques: Yes
• Salary car/bike and/or fuel card: Salary car + fuel card
• Group insurance (% employer): Yes
• Other insurances: Yes, hospitalisation including children and wife, Insurance for outpatient costs, Guaranteed income, Travel assistance insurance (incl. insurance wife's car)
• Other benefits (bonuses, stocks options, ... ): 20% of bruto year salary (incl. holiday pay) in warrants; gift voucher of 35€/year; more options in cafetaria plan if requested

5. MOBILITY

• City/region of work: Ghent
• Distance home-work (km's/time): 8km in 10min
• How do you commute? car (need to drop of baby at daycare)
• How is the travel home-work compensated: Company car
• Telework days/week: When I want but usually <2/month

6. OTHER

• How easy can you plan a day off: Very easy if checked with back up
• Is your job stressful? Medium
• Education possibilities: As much as I want
• Responsible for personnel (reports): yes, 22 persons

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I chose to work close to home and only work overtime when I want to. Overtime is not expected of me and the workload can be perfectly combined with the tasks at home.

My wife is a specialist doctor, so I am not chasing the highest position possible or the highest salary. Happy with what I have now and the job I have.