I run a company in germany, if my employees want EUR 1500 net salary, which is very little for a trained professional, it costs my company roughly EUR 3000. So not that much better.
I dont know what this guy is doing but he should just sell his service internationally so he could easily charge double the money and would solve most of his problems.
It's interesting that you speak of salary in net. In Australia we speak of it in gross, and the rule of thumb is that an employee costs about 30% more than their gross, which includes 9% mandatory superannuation, payroll tax, and other sundry employment costs.
See! The net salary and the total cost of employment are the sole interesting figures when comparing internationally, the gross salary is a largely arbitrary figure between those two.
Exactly my thoughts. Most of EU has similar tax/vat and generally in favor of employees. Yet it's not a problem to start a company in the "west block". He complains about corruption too, though. I can believe that being an issue i Hungary.
But he's hyperbolising, too. An illegal freelancer for a quarter the price is no competition for a legitimate business. Most business clients will not even consider paying black cash in an envelope, and the illegal freelancer will also lose out on social insurance.
I dont know what this guy is doing but he should just sell his service internationally so he could easily charge double the money and would solve most of his problems.