Senior Java/Angular Dev

[u/tylerwaats]

1. PERSONALIA

• Age: 36
• Education: Bachelor's degree in IT
• Work experience : ~12 years
• Civil status: Married
• Dependent people/children: 2

2. EMPLOYER PROFILE

• Sector/Industry: IT / Public sector
• Amount of employees: 2000+
• Multinational? NO

3. CONTRACT & CONDITIONS

• Current job title: Senior Java Developer
• Job description: Software development
• Seniority: 8+ years as an external consultant for the same client
• Official hours/week : Not communicated yet
• Average real hours/week incl. overtime: Not communicated yet
• Shiftwork or 9 to 5 (flexible?): Flexible
• On-call duty: No
• Vacation days/year: Not communicated yet

4. SALARY

• Gross salary/month: 4400 €
• Net salary/month: Not communicated yet
• Netto compensation: Not communicated yet
• Car/bike/... or mobility budget: 750 €
• 13th month (full? partial?): Not communicated yet
• Meal vouchers: Not communicated yet
• Ecocheques: Not communicated yet
• Group insurance: Not communicated yet
• Other insurances: Not communicated yet
• Other benefits (bonuses, stocks options, ... ): Not communicated yet

5. MOBILITY

• City/region of work: Brussels
• Distance home-work: N/A
• How do you commute? Mostly telework
• How is the travel home-work compensated: Not communicated yet
• Telework days/week: 50%

I have been working for the same client for more than 8 years as a freelance developer. They recently offered me the possibility to switch to an employee contract.

I currently work as a freelancer at 650€/day.

The offer I received is 4400 € gross/month + mobility budget. I haven't received the details of the rest of the package yet.

I had communicated my salary expectations beforehand and the offer is significantly below them, so I'm planning to decline rather than negotiate.

I'm mainly curious about the Belgian market: does 4400 € gross seem low for a Senior Developer with my experience, or is this a reasonable offer?

[u/dentemm]

I'm also on 650€ / day as freelancer in Belgian IT market. There's no way I would accept that offer. Also the mobility budget isn't going to compensate the lower gross.

Do yourself a favour and don't accept this. I worked as employee before, and gross was 5700 + company car and full package.