It's too expensive.

In regards of programming jobs, sometimes it's like living 40 years ago.

Racism is annoying, but normal here. And you must be proud of being Swiss.

Switzerland is tiny. Finding (and keeping) friends here can be hard, because if you even dare to fart, the whole village knows about it within seconds.

And you shouldn't use your brain too much, so you can keep up with the others. But I'm pretty sure that doesn't only apply to Switzerland, so you may safely ignore this one.

If you are american or from a western country you would be probably fine, but if not, there are some caveats. Swiss are not bound by the same EU laws about on agism/sexism/racism. They are surprised when you don't include your photo on the CV. They really can get away with a lot of crap. I have heard a lot of anecdotes about increasing xenophobia as well. Popular political parties with anti immigration agendas can pass surprising laws because young people do not vote.

Well, if you don't like mountains I don't recommend it

The language is a challenge as well, though most people speak English

Smaller houses (and places in general)

A very demanding society, basically https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/11pcs1/while_i_l...

I spent 25-50% of my time working in Switzerland - rest of the time in the UK. There is literally no downside of Switzerland - it is a truly magical place. A commenter mentioned too much democracy, and it's true that it's one of the most democratic places on the planet - so the harsh side of people come out - but it's fair. Also the languages - there's 3 or 4 official languages, and the German is a special dialect, but in business it's all English so it's not an issue. The prettiness is the worst part in many ways - you either feel like you're dreaming (Lucerne) or you get feelings of disgust when you see rubbish on the ground (Zurich). The actual biggest downside is as mentioned in the article - it spoils you for other countries.

I hardly "lived" there, but I found the culture to be lacking a sense of silliness and in general less personable. It's like what they say about German comedy, it's no laughing matter.

I still really like Switzerland.

I believe it's not trivial to get a job there, especially if you come from outside the EU. And soon restrictions will be imposed on EU countries as well.

They know too many languages.

Bit too pretty in some towns.

Too much democracy.

It's expensive.

$20 for a chicken expensive. $50-70 for a mid-week not-so-fancy dinner for two w/o wine expensive. Basically, you go grocery shopping and you'll pay about 40-60% more than you'd pay for the same across the border in France.

English is not commonly spoken at all, not in the French part at least. In fact, if you ask if they speak English, you'd get a surprised Non. Just as if you asked if they spoke Mongolian. In retail there'll be always someone who speaks English though, but he'll be there because people like you exist between customers and not because he is a natural occurence.

Residence permits are a bitch if you are not a EU citizen. It's twice the pain if you are trying to run your own company there as you'd be expected to hire locals in droves, who (as you have just read) tend to cost an arm and a leg and come with very high expectations.

Otherwise it's a superb country. High quality food, excellent roads, tons of places to visit and very close to everything in Europe (3 hours by TGV train to Paris).

Xenophobia. Cultural intolerance. Very 'always know best'-oriented culture.

It is very expensive

Harry Lime: Don't be so gloomy. After all it's not that awful. Like the fella says, in Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love - they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock. So long Holly.

You can't enslave workers with a minimum wage of $7.5/hr.