Salary expectations

mCCCC

Member

Member since 30 June 2018

mCCCC

30 June 2018 14:46:24

mCCCC

30 June 2018 14:46:24

Hello,

I am a graduate software engineer and was offered a salary of 3000Euro to work in Amsterdam.
Is the proposed salary gross or net? (I think it's gross)

My question is: Should I negotiate with the employer or just accept the offer since I have no experience (recently graduate)?

Thank you for your help.

Cynic

UK / Netherlands Expert

Member since 15 September 2015

Enschede

Cynic

30 June 2018 18:41:22

7386

Cynic

30 June 2018 18:41:22

7386

Enschede

Hi and welcome to the Forum.

If you have no experience, then you probably don't have much to negotiate with; i.e. why should they pay you more than your contemporaries; that is the question you need to ask yourself because you'll need to explain why you should be paid more. Salaries are normally expressed in gross figures; perhaps you should have asked for full details of the package available?

Hope this helps.

Cynic
Expat Team

Henkjan

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Member since 27 March 2014

Utrecht

Henkjan

30 June 2018 19:38:04

Henkjan

30 June 2018 19:38:04

Utrecht

Hi,

First of all be happy with this offer.
You are just graduated so 3.000 Euro a month is not bad at all.
This amount is the gross so after deduction of everything you keep still around 1500 Euro in your pocket.

mCCCC

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Member since 30 June 2018

mCCCC

30 June 2018 19:47:00

mCCCC

30 June 2018 19:47:00

Yes I am happy with salary, my question was about if this salary is a good salary or below the average one.

For the net salary, I used thetax.nl website and the net salary was 2,235, am I missing something ?

Thanks for your reply.

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