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While this sounds lovely, can anyone with experience speak to the difficulty of finding sponsored work in Switzerland? For instance, my wife is a social worker
by germinalphrase 10y ago
While this sounds lovely, can anyone with experience speak to the difficulty of finding sponsored work in Switzerland?
For instance, my wife is a social worker in the U.S. and speaks conversational German - but this is not likely to be considered a "high need" type of job for which a company would hire a foreign worker.
- louisswiss 10y agoAs a non-EU/Swiss citizen you can only be employed in Switzerland if the company can demonstrate that no suitable EU/Swiss candidates could be found for the job role. Exactly how this works I am not too sure, but anecdotally it is very difficult unless you are in top-management or a highly specialised field.
- marktucker 10y agoThat's just to get the work visa. If you are married to a Swiss, for example, and get a visa via family reunion, companies can employ you without having to make this argument.
- arthur_sav 10y agoThe company must advertise the position in a EU forum for at least a month. If someone else wants to apply, they can.
- geodel 10y agoSo it seems there is no easy way I can move from writing CRUD apps in US with 2 weeks vacation policy to Switzerland and have 6 weeks of vacation. I would've ample time there to rant about crappy USA. Now I am stuck in US which allow third worlders like me to come and work in tech.