Why Switzerland? (2007)
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Probably 4 million people would disagree with this assemssment.
Switzerland has a population of ca. 8.5M, of which (roughly) 6 Million are in the German speaking region. The greater Zurich area consists of ca. 1.3 Million inhabitants.
A Basler, or a person from Berne may feel a bit offended, despite the fact that a lot of people from other parts of the country commute to Zurich to work.
Edit to add: THose are today's numbers. But the relations are not very different from 2007.
Switching jobs take months before even getting interviews, bunch of useless people in all layers of hierarchy only good to believe the jumbo marketing crap from consultancy 100 times worse than Accenture.
And don't get me started on xenophobia or the place of woman in society.
Your point?
I spent too much now to go anywhere else.
Their direct democracy has produced annoying outcomes, all in all its had remarkable outcomes for Switzerland
Exactly. Moving to Switzerland is only a reasonable option if you (and your family) are white.
That's a silly statement.
While there certainly is racism and xenophobia in Switzerland it's an very globally oriented society.
Have a look at the Swiss football team, or the CEO of Credit Swiss, who happens to be black.
I’m not saying their lives are perfect and they don’t suffer from racism and prejudice but on the whole Switzerland is a very much a net positive for them.
You are… what?
I work(ed) in Switzerland for 7 years with Indian, Italian, Egyptian, Pakistani, American, Chinese, Taiwanese, Brazilian, Spanish, French, German, Australian, Austrian, and many other I forgot.
Most of them still live here (lemanic area, not Zurich). There is xenophobia, like everywhere on the planet, but nothing impossible to overcome apparently.
From my (European) perception, The Swiss are not highly xenophobic, they are however quite nationalist and very regionalist for European standard.
> the place of woman in society.
This aspect variate a lot depending of where you are in Switzerland. The Swiss-German side is more "conservative" on the place of woman is society yes.
I am a self employed tech recruiter here in Zurich and I can say that more and more people want to come here.
Taxes are low, salaries high and things costs less than one thinks. I run https://coderfit.com and connect programmers with jobs in Zurich for a living. (I programmed for money before, so I know the market from many sites.) If, you want to move here find my email in my HN handle.
For context I have no degree and I almost made it with a German company. Someone accused me of being racist and I was fired within the hour. Killed any idea that Europeans are actually more accepting or tolerant.