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1. PERSONALIA

  • Age: 29
  • Education: None / Got some ISTQB Certificates (foundation - Agile Extension).
  • Work experience : 3 years as store-sales and Store manager / 6 years as Test-QA-Consultant
  • Civil status: Married
  • Dependent people/children: 2

2. EMPLOYER PROFILE

  • Sector/Industry: Private
  • Amount of employees: 145
  • Multinational: BE/NL

3. CONTRACT & CONDITIONS

  • Current job title: Software Test Manager / QA-Lead (In certain companies those functions are executed by different persons, I'm doing both atm)
  • Seniority: 6 years as Test/QA consultant / 0 as Test manager and QA lead
  • Official hours/week : 40h/week
  • Average real hours/week incl. overtime: 38h/week
  • Shiftwork or 9 to 5 (flexible?): 9 to 5
  • On-call duty: No
  • Vacation days/year: 20 + 12 ADV

4. SALARY

  • Gross salary/month: 4016
  • Average net salary/month (incl. net fees): 2650
  • Netto compensation: 150
  • 13th month (full? partial?): Full
  • Meal vouchers: 8€
  • Ecocheques: Yes
  • Salary car/bike and/or fuel card: full electric Car (BMW IX1 Xdrive 30) + Electric card
  • Group insurance (% employer): Yes
  • Other insurances: Hospitalisation insurance
  • Other benefits (bonuses, stocks options, ... ): Laptop, Phone, Phone subscription, In house learning courses,

5. MOBILITY

  • City/region of work: Gent
  • Distance home-work (km's/time): 25 minutes
  • How do you commute? Car
  • How is the travel home-work compensated: No
  • Telework days/week: Can choose.

6. OTHER

  • How easy can you plan a day off: Very easily
  • Is your job stressful? At certain moments yes
  • Education possibilities: yes
  • Responsible for personnel (reports): Yes (5 people)

I was very lucky that the company has accepted me as I have no experience at all in managing or leading QA.
Not sure If I'm on the lower end of the Test managers spectrum regarding salary.
I think my salary is OK for this position.
The more experience I'll gain the more I'll earn of course.

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