> There are a lot of consulting jobs, but they are usually the domain of consulting companies (known as "cárnicas", meat factories, among developers), that do little more than acting as a middlemen between the hire and the actual company, pocketing the substantial difference between the consulting fees and paid salary.
This also describes the situation in Portugal almost perfectly with the difference that we call those companies "negreiros" (slave traders).
This also describes the situation in Portugal almost perfectly with the difference that we call those companies "negreiros" (slave traders).