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> But this will be great for Italy because a huge problem of our labor market is that salary is considered something dirty

Truly. Employees being termed "dependents" of the company is a big tell on Italy's work culture. I can also vouch for the toxicity of the Brazilian labor market. Every middling manager carries on like a petty feudal lord...

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> Employees being termed "dependents" of the company is a big tell on Italy's work culture

In german there's a funny situation as well: The employer is called the "work provider", while the employee is the "work receiver". Thank you, company, for providing me with work.

>In german there's a funny situation as well: The employer is called the "work provider", while the employee is the "work receiver"

Hm in Dutch I'd translate werknemer as 'work taker'... is it very different from that in German?

No, it's actually pretty close. German werknemer is Arbeitnehmer.

Literally it's actually "work giver" and "work taker", I just found it less idiomatic in english (it doesn't quite transport the connotation of providing the work being something noble).

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