Let's get a few things straight first:

• You are a on a permanent contract at Giant Fox; you will therefore always get your chosen salary.
  • Also in case of illness, no assignment etc.
• We arrange your projects, that is our responsibility.
  • If you don't have a project, you can start a new hobby at home or do that one course for which you never had time
• We take care of all financial matters for you, you don't have to worry about anything.
  • We have help from our accountant, tax adviser, pension adviser; sufficient expertise indeed.
  • All matters such as pension, insurance, lease cars / bicycles, etc. are of course also included.
• You just do your job (of course with great pleasure).
  • Oh wait, and you let us know how many hours you have worked every month.

Salary and perks

As a GIANT you get to choose your own base salary; you will receive this money every month. You can choose this salary based on a realistic calculation of your hourly rate and the average number of hours on an annual basis. We do not work with stairs, steps, matrices or other stuff that is devised in an HR department.

Did you have the feeling you set your salary somewhat too low? Then you can always adjust your salary later. However, we often see that salaries are adjusted downwards over the years... Why? This way, more money goes to your bonus. With a larger bonus, you can invest heavily in your terms of employment, which is very beneficial from a tax point of view. This way you get a large amount of value for your gross income. And if you don't spend it all, you will get a big bonus at the end of the year, not bad, right?

How much goes to Giant Fox?

Part of the total income (hourly rate + number of hours) goes to Giant Fox: we also need to pay for the coffee cups in the office. By default this is 10% of your hourly rate + a variable part based on your monthly salary (1/3 monthly salary to be precise).

Why does it this work like this? When a GIANT has a higher fixed salary, the risk for us also increases; we are obliged to always pay this high fixed salary, even if you have no assignment or are ill during this time. That is why we link part of our margin to the level of your chosen salary. Surprisingly (not really), you will receive more gross income when you choose a lower salary as relatively less money goes to Giant Fox. Do you still understand it?

For more information, take a look at our 'Careers' page.

Sometimes we get asked what the catch is; you can't really choose your own salary yourself, can you? Well, at Giant Fox, you can. However, something that we cannot do is print free money and give it away to our developers; otherwise, of course, we would all have been richer than Jeff Bezos. The engine of Giant Fox also needs to keep running; this way we remain stable as a company and we can continue to grow. Therefore, you can only choose your salary based on the money that comes in, minus our operating margin. Don't worry, even then there will be more than enough left for you. At Giant Fox, the money does not go to expensive cars for the big boss or the managers.😊

Do you have a minute? 😉

• Easy to adapt to your personal situation and more flexibility in what you do with your income. A high basic salary one year, while investing more in your education the next year, and take 50 leave days after that? Everything can be adapted to your personal situation.
• With most midlance companies, you will receive 70% of your hourly rate. At Giant Fox, this fluctuates between 60%-80%, depending on the choices you make.
• Higher net income due to a budget for employment conditions. Your bonus is not paid net by default; we examine which costs can be incurred for business. Why lease a car privately if it can also be done through the company? And your extra monitor plus personalized ergonomic office chair are also business expenses. We ensure that you can get the most out of your income.
• Fair estimate of projects and rates. Many midlance companies promise a (too) high hourly rate and too many hours. This means that in practice you often get disappointed. We don't inflate our estimates. When the income is higher than expected, you also reap the benefits.
• We will give you honest advice about your development; we will never push you in a certain direction, but we will hold up a mirror for you to get a realistic look at your situation.

Yes, our flexibility is only limited by the possibilities of the tax authorities and the size of your bonus budget. Everyone is unique and therefore everyone should be able to make choose what is specifically beneficial for him or her. That already starts with the preference of a laptop; Apple, Windows or Linux. But it applies to everything; from your preferred way of transport such as an (electric) bicycle or lease car, to the number of leave days. Also consider something like personal and professional development; everyone differs in how they want to develop themself; you can take on courses, go to conferences or invest in self-study.

You are unique. Therefore, see us as a shoemaker where you can order your own customizable sneaker; we provide the basis and guarantee the quality, and together we do the design. We have different templates available, but you can also go wild yourself and let your imagination loose.

Is everything completely flexible? No, there is one employment condition that is not optional: you have to participate in our flexible pension scheme. For this pension scheme, you have to invest at least 1% of the income. You can increase this amount, but not decrease it. When you grow old you will thank us for it 😉

To start off, we have one or two short introductory meetings to see if there is a potential match; do we think you are a fit for Giant Fox and do you also think Giant Fox suits you? After these meetings, you make a programming assignment; this takes 2 to 3 hours and is intended to give us some indication of ​​your technical skills. You can make this assignment at home on any moment that suits you. We will then discuss the result of your test together. If everything is okay and we both decide that we want to continue with each other, we will immediately offer you a permanent contract.

Definitely, we also welcome open applications. The profiles we outline in our vacancies are the type we are actively looking for ourselves. This does not alter the fact that we are also open to other technical profiles; we are always happy to see if we can work something out. The only condition is that you are a technician with 5+ years of experience in the domain (related to) software development. So, for example, are you a good QA engineer, DevOps engineer or are you on the cutting edge of data and development? Then we definitely look forward to receiving your application. Look at our vacancies under 'Open applications'.