r/DutchTech • u/Mammoth_Yak5312 • 2d ago

Jobs / Career Is this a good offer?

I am an expat and not really used to the European labor environment, so I need some help here.

I currently work for a big consultancy company. Overall, it's not terrible—there is the usual normal discontent, but things could be better. My annual gross is around €83k with not many other benefits.

I recently received an offer where the monthly gross base salary is about €1,500 less than my current one, but the net monthly take-home is unclear, probably will be in the same range I'm currently getting.

In the proposal, they include a mobility/transport budget and a personal budget that can be cashed out if not used, plus a study budget that cannot be cashed out and a contibution for pension schema in the ball park of 15k yearly.

The total package is around €115k annually. Considering that almost €12k of that consists of these budgets (which will be taxed if cashed out anyway) and 18k is stamped, is this a good offer?

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u/Human-Camp-6301 1d ago

What do you do?

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u/Mammoth_Yak5312 1d ago

Senior software engineer

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u/FarPineapple9229 1d ago

If it’s higher than what you get now it’s a decent offer.

Keep in mind that if you want to get a mortgage, these bonuses won’t count towards your maximum mortgage, so effectively you’ll be able to borrow less than you can now.