Switzerland is the world’s most competitive economy
Could easily be true in some areas of the economy, because professionalism seems really strong there and core technology infrastructure is often ahead of surrounding areas.<p>However, my experience of living and working there suggests that it is very much not true in the areas I encountered: businesses cling to tradition and people prefer everything to be managed (contracts should be given to the &quot;right&quot; people, rules should be organised around what traditional groups want). By traditional I mean book sellers, grocers etc. You often get the feeling there is not much logic&#x2F;forward thinking - only maintain what people are used to. Of course, that is a decision you are free to make, but not one that seems to tally with this article.<p>Designated innovation area seemed pretty dead. As a consumer the low quality of many companies&#x27; websites and ability to automate was quite surprising.<p>On the other hand, salaries are high almost all office jobs (debatable whether this makes sense for lower skill-sets, but nice if you live there) and it seems fairly easy to get a new job as long as you &quot;fit&quot; in the culture.<p>I can imagine that some of the big industrial tech and pharma companies are run a bit more aggressively. Finance didn&#x27;t seem to be.