That’s the impression I got after spending time in both language regions. I don’t know to what it’s due, maybe it’s just because the german speaking area is larger maybe? I heard from more Swiss-French that were unemployed or struggled to find a job, than from swiss-germans. I also remember statistics from a few years ago that show a higher unemployment rate in Swiss-French cantons, for example https://lenews.ch/2015/09/10/swiss-unemployment-higher-in-august-geneva-highest/ I refuse to believe that it’s a cultural difference, there must be another reason? I know it’s more popular to do an apprenticehsip in the german cantons, while in the latin cantons (including Ticino), more young go to High School (=enter the job market later). Could that be part of the reason?
PS: also apparently "social assistance" (Sozialhilfe/ Sociale welfare) is more common in Vaud, Genève, Jura, Neuchâtel (canton with the worst financial situation of Switzerland, just go look up the financial state of the canton). I don’t know for french speaking Valais and Fribourg how it is. Indirectly, this translates to me that more people from those cantons did not find a job for the time of unemployment. Since unemployment benefits stop after I think 18 months, they need to apply to welfare/aide-social eventually for financial help
Those of you who spent time living in both the german and french speaking parts of Switzerland, do you agree that it's easier to find a job in the german speaking part?
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Also Im really curious of a sectoral breakdown too.
IT sector often inflates everything, I don’t doubt its the same. I believe for instance, Valais may look desperate from an IT perspective (which makes a lot of noise in digital world) but there are plenty of good jobs in other fields.
There’s also way more immigration in the French speaking cantons, the competition for jobs might be even higher?
I didnt spend time in the french part but you better Believe is cultural, any german speaking place has better job market that any french speaking one even outside of ch, for the simple reason frenchies are a bit too much on the left of the political spectrum and it has consequences for the economy and job market in general.
Guys come on, is it so rare to having lived in both language regions, even just for a year or two?
Let’s see how people make this about immigration again?!
Jeeez
100% if you’re in tech, less so if you’re in pharma or consumer goods. There are also more internationally focused companies in the German area, but the number which internally operate in English is lower. What’s funny (I find) is that when a company from one side contracts a company from another, they communicate in English usually since neither side speaks French or German to an equivalent standard 😅 to use one or other national language
Romandie
My career quickly reached plateau
Moved Swiss Germany
But now there’s nothing here
It’s tough out here
I’ve worked and lived in both regions but I work in IT so my personal anecdata isn’t relevant.
What I do see generally is the difference in cross border workers putting pressure on things in Romandie, and the higher salaries in Zurich putting pressure on smaller companies in Bern/Solothurn, like people will trade a longer commute for a Zurich salary.
I think it is easier to get a job in the German parts but the salaries might not be where it is at outside of Zurich and Basel.
I also think at some point the frontalier bubble is going to burst in Romandie, at least for small and medium sized companies. With home office being more common and expected, it is only going to be the bigger companies that can both follow people with badges and absorb the tax implications and pay people what it is worth to commute.
Depends on the areas, if you talk about industrial work there is a lot more in the German part or that require you to speak german
Well the French part is on the road to become like France… yuck
Not in my profession. But the German speaking part is bigger and there are less people wanting to learn German than French in other EU countries – so statistically speaking yes.
Yes. Base unemployment is higher in the french part. Has been for decades.
My suspicion: too many university students (studying things with a limited use on the free market).