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.