Not addressing your question in any way, but I wanted to comment on; > I know that as an employee my 30 euro's is actually "more" due to vacation and pension,

Not addressing your question in any way, but I wanted to comment on; > I know that as an employee my 30 euro's is actually "more" due to vacation and pension, etc. but it's nowhere near 150 euro's You're likely wrong there ;) It is not "more" in quotes, it is _more_ with italics. Take the income tax you pay on your salary, the same amount (roughly) is paid by your employer (yes! the government gets that tax twice!). Then there's the 13th month / holiday pay. Then all the sick days they're still paying you to work (remember, those contractors are not getting paid for sick days). Then the random non-holiday days off (dentist, that kind of thing). The insurance they pay for you (presumably, though I'm not sure. Contractors need to insure themselves for millions in IT roles). There's more, but this is getting long and you get the idea.