Hi, I've been on the edge on becoming an independent contractor for a while but I feel like I would be giving away a lot of comfort for basically no financial gain.
Would becoming independent even be worth it at this point in my life, and how much could I ask /day? And in general how would you rate this?
1. PERSONALIA
Age: 32
Education: Bachelor ICT
Work experience : 10 years
Civil status: Single, Legal cohabitation procedure in process
Dependent people/children: None, 1 after Legal cohabitation process completes
2. EMPLOYER PROFILE
Sector/Industry: Insurance
Amount of employees: 15~
Multinational? No
3. CONTRACT & CONDITIONS
Current job title: Senior Lead Full-Stack Developer
Seniority: 10y (2y as lead)
Official hours/week : 39 Real hours/week
Average real hours/week incl. overtime: 30-60 depending the period
Shiftwork or 9 to 5 (flexible?): Usually 10 to 6 but flexible
On-call duty: Only if shit hits the fan
Vacation days/year: 20 + 8
4. SALARY
Gross salary/month: 4500
Average net salary/month (incl. net fees): 3080
Netto compensation: 250
13th month (full? partial?): Full
Meal vouchers: 8 (included in the net)
Ecocheques: 250
Salary car/bike and/or fuel card: Premium car (1k+/month) + unlimited international fuel card
Group insurance (% employer): Yes (4%)
Other insurances: Yes, hospitalisation (option for family with extra payment).
Other benefits (bonuses, stocks options, ... ): 100% of gross if company reaches yearly target + 75% of gross if personal perfomance is exceptional (50% on regular performance)
5. MOBILITY
City/region of work: Antwerpen
Distance home-work (km's/time): 70 in 55 minutes
How do you commute? Car
How is the travel home-work compensated: No compensation (Unlimited fuel card)
Telework days/week: 4 days per week
6. OTHER
How easy can you plan a day off: Easily, can be planned the day before
Is your job stressful? Depends on the time period, usually not but can be very stressful in limited amount (7 days work week)
Education possibilities: Nothing organised by company but can ask for it and usually granted
Responsible for personnel (reports): yes