Es gibt viele Faktoren und Maßnahmen, die dazu beitragen, ein gutes Gleichgewicht zwischen Work-Life zu erreichen. Dies ist die volle 2025 Work-Life Balance Ranking. Im Vergleich der Industrieländer liegt überraschenderweise die Schweiz unter den letzten zwischen Industrieländern den 21. Platz, selbst mit einer leichten Verbesserung des Index gegenüber 2024 und erreicht 60,32. Spiegelt dies die Realität der meisten Arbeiter wider und erfüllt die Erwartungen?
Switzerland is among the last among developed countries in work-life balance in 2025.
byu/Basic_Bird_8843 inSwitzerland
Von Basic_Bird_8843
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Work is life!
at least we’re rich
it is hardly surprising, everyone is so focused on work here. add the cultural element of being really closed off to people they don’t know. you just kind of give up socializing at some point, except at work
Our willingness to work the extra hour is one of the best things that have happened to this country.
It’s just based on the official facts. In no other country I lived in did I see more people reduce work to 80 or less percent because it’s enough or have time for school events in the middle of the day. Never trust a statistic you didn’t fake yourself.
„The index measures key factors such as statutory leave, average working hours, safety, inclusivity, and access to healthcare“
Lol, no wonder considering avg work hours here and cost of healthcare. At least the pay is good
And yet everyone is always surprised that they actually need to work more here than they did in their home country even after signing a 50h contract (looking especially to our neighbours in the north).
is this the work life balance of office people or construction workers?
probably it dosent even sum up all the working fields, maybe the boss etage?
The official working hour is already longer than most developed countries. Normally it is 40 hours including lunch hour. Here many companies do 42 excluding lunch hour, so it is easily a 47 hour work week. Not even talking about overtime here.
Working is good, this is why Switzerland is rich
Yep, I can tell with personal experience that this is the case.
I’m Swiss but have lived in other countries in Europe, so I was able to compare my work/life balance.
In Switzerland it’s extremely common to reduce the work week from 100 to 80, but you still end working 100 but at 20% being overtime.
Then, life in Switzerland is not the same for everyone. People in this sub seem to think that everyone has a very high end job that can provide them with a very luxurious Lifestyle.
For normal jobs, your life can be quite stressful because life is centered around work in Switzerland. Living for the weekends only and the summer vacations is quite common.
It’s also common to do the typical routine of waking up early, working until late, going home to cook, sleep and doing the same the next day until Friday comes.
I lived in southern Spain for almost 4 years and I can say that my life there was completely different. I had stuff I could do after work, almost every single day.
I could go to the beach, I could go to my circle of friends to hang out in the sun and eat a small meal while chatting, etc.
The same never happened to me in Switzerland.
Don’t find it suprising at all lol
[work life balance](https://www.instagram.com/reel/CvaBvAAgTVw/?igsh=amYzYmFhOXZ3MGUw)
That’s probably why Switzerland is a rich country where everything *works*. Sorry to say.
If you build it they will come. Switzerland is looking very, very attractive right now.
No expats are surprised by this at all I can tell you that.
Well yes, I worked in a Scandinavian country before. 100% for me there was 37.5 hours (lunch break included), 6 weeks of holidays. Colleagues pick up their kids before 16:00. Pay was also good and home ownership also no problem. Compare that to here…
I wanted to live close to my family so back home to CH. But WLB, well, not surprised we rank low. Zwingli rules with iron fist. 😉