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In Switzerland, the worst event was not this one but 9/11 in 2001. In a matter of a few hours all new IT/IS project were cancelled and budgets for IT/IS were f
by IdontRememberIt 7y ago
In Switzerland, the worst event was not this one but 9/11 in 2001.
In a matter of a few hours all new IT/IS project were cancelled and budgets for IT/IS were frozen to below the minimum in all companies. It took almost a year to recover a little.
I started my career during the summer 2001. I was hired in seconds without any technical test.
All (no exception) my friends who wanted to chill during the summer before finding their first job... ended jobless for 1 full year.
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- semiotagonal 7y agoThe timing was brutal. I made the mistake of hanging on with a sinking company until the end of 2001. In 2002 there were so many resumes chasing so few jobs that I wonder if anyone even saw mine. I didn't collect another paycheck until early 2004.
- mindentropy 7y agoWhy were jobs in Switzerland affected?
- IdontRememberIt 7y agoI do not have the numbers from 2001, but even today USA is our 2nd partner: https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/en/home/statistics/industry-services/foreign-trade/balance-import-export.html https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/en/home/statistics/industry-ser...