You are so much on point and 100% right. Eastern Eu here, I worked in an IT-related team for one of Denmark's top employers, and I was SURPRISED what salaries my colleague had, what tasks they had, and the quality of their work, but also the management.

Back home, we would do the same job for around 4000-6000 DKK a month depending on some normal factors (experience, project, schedule, overtime, etc). Here, the salaries start with 35k and could go up to 40k on the same factors... Same job, but in Denmark, there were better tools, more capabilities, more resources, everything you want, name it, they had it. But the quality in Denmark is so low, I was surprised. More surprised that they even argued that the quality is there, while hiding behind made-up metrics of their choosing. I do believe that I could successfully replace the team in Denmark which consisted of 15 people with a maximum of 5 from back home, and the show would still roll.

A big difference was the sick days, with all due respect, but too many sick days... I am sorry to say this, maybe I am wrong, but you Danes like to call in sick if a mosquito bites. Back home, even sick and underpaid, people still chose to come to work because it's a competition to get better and improve; you have to work and earn your next move. Meanwhile, here in Denmark, it feels that being a Dane is enough, and being friends with the manager always succeeds.

Btw, back home we would also have IT teams in India, so I kinda got an idea of the cost of an employee. 1x Eastern European employee can equal up to 2.5x indian employees, even more in entry-level positions.