I think its easy to be fooled. I am a Software Developer with a decent salary for where I live. I got offered a job a couple of years ago, where 3/4 of my wage

I think its easy to be fooled. I am a Software Developer with a decent salary for where I live. I got offered a job a couple of years ago, where 3/4 of my wage was through an international company and the rest through a normal Spanish one. When I saw the amount going into my account every month, I thought I had hit the jackpot as it was way more than I expected. A while later when I got converted to a full Spanish contract, and my manager advised me to make sure I wasn't getting screwed. It was only then that I realized I hadn't actually been getting the pension payments on the 3/4 of my international contract up until then. What looked like a good deal hadn't actually been one at all. I would be surprised if people less educated than me would understand all the hidden costs.