Living Among the Swiss - European Travel Books

Paperback - August, 2002 - Authors Choice Press
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By: Michael Wells Glueck
ISBN: 0595241719

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Jobs A Good 'Un!

Ideal for anyone who is planning an extended, low profile trip to Switzerland.

Definitely not a whitewash

Are you considering a job offer in Switzerland? This work provides fair warning about the obstacles that you and your spouse will face as an immigrant: a chauvinistic, closed society of incomprehensible, dialect-speaking burghers obsessed with money and reluctant to trust foreigners even after years of acquaintanceship; high rents and prices for inferior food -- especially beef and chicken -- clothing, and automobiles; undisguised resentment that you are denying a job opportunity to a Swiss citizen; discrimination in career advancement and promotion. Most expatriates leave after a year in order to preserve their marriages. Take these caveats to heart before succumbing to the temptations of Alpine skiing and clean, fresh-water swimming. And read this book before deciding whether to accept the job offer.

Distorted View

I am going to make this short and sweet. I found 50% of Mr. Michael Glueck's experiences to be very different from my own in my 10 years in the country. About 20% of the information was just out right incorrect.

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