I can confirm this. I happen to be French and had a consulting firm in France for a couple years in the early 2000s. I was able to charge 90kEUR/year at the t

I can confirm this. I happen to be French and had a consulting firm in France for a couple years in the early 2000s. I was able to charge 90kEUR/year at the time for a mid-level Java programmer. They loved the idea that they could fire the devs at any given time and having Canadian engineers helped them get funding from local VCs.