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  1. PERSONALIA

Age: 30

Education: Master of science in EM engineering (ir electromechanics)

Work experience : 5.5y

Civil status: legally cohabiting

Dependent people/children: none

  1. EMPLOYER PROFILE

Sector/Industry: Large construction company

Amount of employees: 5000-10000

Multinational? Yes

  1. CONTRACT & CONDITIONS

Current job title: Technical superintendent (eq. project engineer)

Seniority: in my rank: 4.5y, total: 5,5y

Official hours/week : 40 in Belgium, 72 when abroad

Average real hours/week incl. overtime: abroad 84hrs depending on the project

Shiftwork or 9 to 5 (flexible?): gliding hours in Belgium

On-call duty: Abroad YES 24/7

Vacation days/year: When abroad, work 8 weeks followed by 4 weeks op recuperation (payed leave)

  1. SALARY

Gross salary/month: BE 3950 / Abroad average 5550

Average net salary/month (incl. net fees): BE 2850 / Abroad average 3975

Netto compensation: NA

13th month (full? partial?): partial

Meal vouchers: Abroad meals and housing is payed for

Ecocheques: 250

Salary car/bike and/or fuel card: company car type Toyota corola or similar + fuel card

Group insurance (% employer): yes

Other insurances: whatever is needed in country of work

Other benefits (bonuses, stocks options, ... ): /

  1. MOBILITY

City/region of work: varies

Distance home-work (km's/time): varies

How do you commute? Car

How is the travel home-work compensated: / Telework days/week: BE telework possible, abroad not

  1. OTHER

How easy can you plan a day off: 8/4 work/leave schedule can be shifted a bit but a lot depends on project needs. Flexibility of employer is expected

Is your job stressful? Yes during project execution, less during work in Belgium

Education possibilities: yes

Responsible for personnel (reports): yes

Love my job abroad but it’s getting time to slow down for better family life in Belgium. Stopping this abroad schedule would be a change of contract which means a 25% paycut

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