The higher my salary has gone over the last three years, the shorter is my shellfire!
I went from 63k in April 22 to 78k at a new workplace. In December 22 indexation kicked in and my salary jumped to 88k and I was fired in March 23 because I became too expensive for the organisation (I guess) because I was replaced by two freelancers and one student intern.

Unemployed for six months and I managed to get back into the workforce in October 23 (despite my age) and this time it was at 98k and now barely two months in, I was fired on 7 December 2023.

The lesson for me is the higher you earn, the more you are in the finance peoples' radar. They start weighing your output to what you cost and then decide you can easily be replaced by freelancers/external consultants. That's what's happening again...

1. PERSONALIA

• Age: 60
• Education: Master + Master + MBA
• Work experience : 35
• Civil status: MARRIED
• Dependent people/children: 0

2. EMPLOYER PROFILE

• Sector/Industry: BRUSSELS LOBBYING ASSOCIATION
• Amount of employees: 3
• Multinational? NO

3. CONTRACT & CONDITIONS

• Current job title: SENIOR COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER
• Job description: Digital external, internal communications, newsletters, website, SoMe
• Seniority: 15
• Official hours/week : 39
• Average real hours/week incl. overtime: 45
• Shiftwork or 9 to 5 (flexible?): 08:45 - 17:30
• On-call duty: NO
• Vacation days/year: 20

4. SALARY

• Gross salary/month: 7662
• Net salary/month: 4081
• Netto compensation: 4459
• Mobility budget/car/bike/...: 319 (DeLijn + NMBS + MIVB/STIB)
• 13th month (full? partial?): 0
• Meal vouchers: 6.91
• Ecocheques: 250
• Group insurance: 7% EMPLOYER
• Other insurances: 100%EMPLOYER DKV Premium Pro
• Other benefits (bonuses, stocks options, ... ): 0

5. MOBILITY

• City/region of work: BRUSSELS
• Distance home-work: 78
• How do you commute? BIKE + BUS + TRAIN + WALK
• How is the travel home-work compensated: FULL (100%)
• Telework days/week: 2

6. OTHER

• How easily can you plan a day off: Secretariat intervention - email request
• Is your job stressful? YES
• Responsible for personnel (reports): 0