Salary and benefits in Variant

Variant pays out a bonus to all employees every quarter. The bonus is calculated as 30% of the profit for this quarter, divided equally among all employees. In other words, it doesn't matter if you're fresh out of school or the managing director. This applies from the first day of work.

We can't say anything about how much it will be in the future, but we can tell you what we've had before.

We don't feel old at all here at Variant. However, we are committed to a good pension. We have chosen pension savings that go far beyond the statutory 2%.

Pensions are not always easy to think about, especially not in the beginning. But it's an important thing to think about, especially for young people who are less likely to have their pensions covered by the state in the future.

Pensions can actually make up a large part of your salary, and it's basically extra savings that your workplace makes for you. It is therefore important to include it in calculations of conditions.

Variant pays 7% of your annual salary up to 12G extra towards your pension savings.

A high starting salary is a start, but with increasing annual costs, we are equally dependent on having good salary growth. This is often something you have to negotiate and you don't know when signing a new contract. However, because of our salary model, we can give some likely figures.

We have a completely open and equal salary model in Variant, which is based on the number of years since you graduated. The salary is based on Tekna's annual statistics. This has some clear advantages, such as avoiding salary negotiations, ensuring good salary growth and, not least, allowing early salary adjustments.

In the event of a change of year, you will receive new seniority which will give you an automatic salary increase. Since it happens so early, it can also mean that you earn more during the year compared to if the salary increase takes place at summer time as in some other places.

No more difficult salary negotiations - no one liked them! Good pay and good pay growth as a standard!

PS: We count and parental leave as experience. 👶 🍼

Christmas is for family and friends. And you should not have to use up your vacation days. In 2024, there are 4 days that you can use for a longer summer vacation, that's it! These are days that are not considered vacation, but are paid as regular salary.

This is an excerpt from our open handbook. If you are curious about how things are in practice, there is more than enough content to dive into there.

• Gadget budget of 12,000 NOK per year.
• Covered telephone subscription.
• Covered broadband at home up to 500 NOK per month.
• Fitness membership or fitness equipment up to 500 NOK per month. 👟🏋️🎿

Family

• Full salary during leave. NAV covers up to 744,168 NOK (6G). Variant takes care of the rest.
• If you have not saved up enough to receive parental benefit from NAV, Variant covers half the leave.
• Paid 2 weeks leave for partner after birth.
• 2 days for kindergarten adjustment.
• Extended rights to self-registration and sick pay. You can take individual days as self-registration without "losing" days (read: like an IA company).
• Employees on parental leave or sick leave receive full bonus and seniority.
• Travel insurance for you and your family.🚂
• Good medical insurance.

Professional and social

• One conference, course or equivalent per year. As many as you want if you speak at them.
• You can of course buy all the books and digital courses you want during the year. We live off knowledge, after all.
• Annual Variant trip with partner/friend/companion (previously: London, Øye, Kragerø, Copenhagen).
• Christmas table with partner/friend/companion.