Behind the former Iron Curtain there are different frames of reference. e.g. Russians have a lot of difficulty in adapting from what the society/state expects from them to moving to the US where they are paid only as good as how they negotiate with their bosses. The transition from a fully compliant to the state expectations to you have to be rebellious and force your demands on your future boss to get a good deal.

It might be the ignorance on my side on the difference between Central Europe and Eastern Europe.

Every country has it's own problems. I already gave the example of the Dutch not believing that engineers would ever want to be paid as good as the doctors, lawyers and managers who are much more vocal in speaking up for their rights. However the Anglo world does offer the engineers from the Netherlands equal pay on par with American doctors, American lawyers, American managers,...

That's unfortunately something I have to consider every year, defecting to the Anglo world to get paid for what I'm worth on the world market and not just what my country assumes I'm worth. I won't say no to getting closer to LA, my fave's home state,... At the same time, the civil rights in the US are less than what we are used to in the EU.

This literally has nothing to do with the issue at hand.

Well that's incredibly sexist, I know a few engineers and they are all women, gorgeous women too.

Men don't take women or black people seriously in professions involving computers, math and science even when they are the most qualified and often right.

And don't forget Marie Curie in the history of chemistry and radioactivity.