Being Portuguese certainly helps but it seems to me there is no ultimate imunity to the wroth of NJE management.
Ask yourself a question here however... PC and all others of interest........why the more acceptance of the Portuguese? Is it because the management are all Portuguese? No! Not at all.
Maybe just because the company being based in Portugal, (apparently), means they are not entirely immune to Portuguese Employment Regulations!!!!!!!!!!
Particulary if the employee, (ex-employee), happens to be a Portuguese Resident!!!
Being part of the EU is not all bad!!!!