In Feb this year, CEA granted me EUR 89,905 as part of the CBG programme. USD 20,000 of that is for ‘operational costs’. At EAN we treat this 20k as ‘money we can freely spend without having to apply for a grant’ — for example, software tools, organiser retreats, etc.
Once taxes are paid, I get EUR 3,167.75 in my account every month. And then in May I also get my holiday allowance.
I need to pay my pension from that 3.1k. I haven’t set this up yet (I know, I know, very bad) but, if I remember correctly, this should be around EUR 600 every month.
For context, at my previous job (well paid but I wasn’t optimising for income), I received EUR 3,533.25 every month, I didn’t have to pay anything towards an additional pension, I worked 4 days a week, and I had 34 days of holiday per year (I now have 25). This was a very good deal. For further context, according to a quick google, the median net monthly income in NL is EUR 2,152.
P.S. Until I started writing this I’d forgotten how good my old job was… I hope this doesn’t come across as me complaining, I’m more than happy with my compensation, I just wanted to give an idea of what a CBG gets in return for their work.
For extra info, here’s my personal situation.
In Feb this year, CEA granted me EUR 89,905 as part of the CBG programme. USD 20,000 of that is for ‘operational costs’. At EAN we treat this 20k as ‘money we can freely spend without having to apply for a grant’ — for example, software tools, organiser retreats, etc.
Once taxes are paid, I get EUR 3,167.75 in my account every month. And then in May I also get my holiday allowance.
I need to pay my pension from that 3.1k. I haven’t set this up yet (I know, I know, very bad) but, if I remember correctly, this should be around EUR 600 every month.
For context, at my previous job (well paid but I wasn’t optimising for income), I received EUR 3,533.25 every month, I didn’t have to pay anything towards an additional pension, I worked 4 days a week, and I had 34 days of holiday per year (I now have 25). This was a very good deal. For further context, according to a quick google, the median net monthly income in NL is EUR 2,152.
P.S. Until I started writing this I’d forgotten how good my old job was… I hope this doesn’t come across as me complaining, I’m more than happy with my compensation, I just wanted to give an idea of what a CBG gets in return for their work.