Compare remote offers without mixing salary periods and contract types

Write down what each number actually measures

Start a comparison with four separate fields: amount, currency, payment period and contract basis. “PLN 20,000 per month” and “PLN 120 per hour” are not directly comparable until you know what each payment covers. An employment salary, a contractor’s invoice amount and an estimated take-home payment are different quantities.

Our cards retain the source currency and payment period. They do not convert currencies, calculate take-home pay or turn hourly rates into annual salaries. “Salary not disclosed” means a usable amount and period are unavailable to the board; it is not a zero-salary offer.

Treat a range as a published negotiation range, not a promise that you will receive its upper end. Ask which experience level the range covers, whether there are separate employment and contracting bands, and whether the figure includes any conditional component.

Build a like-for-like worksheet

Create one row per offer and leave unknowns explicitly marked “not confirmed”. This makes a gap visible instead of silently treating it as a benefit.

• Base amount, currency, payment period and whether the amount is gross salary, invoice value or another basis.
• Expected hours, guaranteed billable hours, overtime and on-call arrangements.
• Paid leave, public holidays, sickness arrangements and other periods without payment.
• Contract duration, notice, payment deadline and any probation or trial arrangement.
• Equipment, required software, insurance, professional expenses and who pays them.
• Bonus, equity or commission shown separately from guaranteed base compensation.
• Any VAT wording, payment/foreign-exchange costs and items to discuss with an accountant.

Use arithmetic to reveal assumptions, not to promise income

Fictional example: an hourly contractor offer is PLN 120. At 160 paid hours the invoice arithmetic is PLN 19,200. At 140 paid hours it is PLN 16,800. Neither scenario is take-home pay, and neither is a guarantee of paid hours. Tax, contributions, expenses and unpaid time have not been deducted.

A second fictional offer shows PLN 18,000 per month under employment. Comparing 19,200 against 18,000 alone ignores the contract basis and treatment of leave, illness, expenses and working time. Put those terms beside the amounts before deciding which arrangement is attractive for your situation.

Keep currencies separate unless you explicitly choose a dated exchange rate and understand conversion fees and currency risk. A worksheet can display two currencies without pretending they are equivalent.

Confirm the contract before you accept

Ask for the proposed contract type and a written breakdown of guaranteed pay, variable pay and working time. Read notice, confidentiality, intellectual-property, liability and restriction clauses carefully. Get qualified advice where the consequences are unclear; a job-board salary badge does not assess the contract.

For Polish employment, the Ministry’s official contract guidance is a useful starting point for what should be documented. A business-to-business engagement needs its own review; do not assume it carries the same protections or obligations as employment.

A useful recruiter question is: “For the advertised range, please confirm the contract basis, gross/invoice wording, expected paid hours, paid time off, payment timing and whether the range includes bonuses.” You do not need to provide bank or identity information to obtain that explanation.

Record your decision criteria

Choose the two or three terms that matter most to you: predictable monthly income, flexibility, paid leave, time-zone fit or technical scope. Mark an offer as pending while a deciding fact remains unknown. A slightly lower headline number may fit your priorities better, but that conclusion should follow from confirmed terms.

If a card on GetWorkInTech uses the wrong salary period or currency, report the job URL and the original wording. We can correct a source mapping; we cannot guarantee compensation or negotiate the offer for you.