I Quit my Job with 6500 $ Salary per Month - My Story!

Hey Guys,

How did I get a job with a quite high salary? After I get my Academy Degree I applied myself for a Job in a Swiss Company in Switzerland. Job Interview went fine and there were no reasons anymore not to move to Zürich to begin to work. I was the lucky one who was able to join their team.

I can t say if I really wanted that job or if I was just lazy to apply myself for other companies. I think I was just too lazy, cause it was my first job interview and I get that job without problems. It was minimum effort and maximum success. And I didn t think twice after I get to know that my salary will be circa 6500 $ per month. The Company even payed me an apartment not far away from work the first three months. A cleaning woman was included. It was luxury, yes.

Cleaning Staff sorted my cosy toys on my bed :D

My moving from Germany to Switzerland was on the first September 2011. First working day was on the third of September 2011. I had exactly two days to register myself as a citizen of Zürich. A few days later I get my ID that is called "Ausländerausweis" , if you will translate it in english it means "Foreigner ID". Quite funny, isn t it :) ?

That s how my ID was looked like

I get flowers and swiss honey on my first day at work. I was able to get to know my office colleague. This day I really remember way too good. I just went into her office, I saw a lady in her mid forties crying and yelling around: " The pressure at work is just way too much for me, I can t handle it anymore!" I just thought: It is a very motivated welcoming :D I just said:, "Hallo, thank you for flowers and swiss honey!" She mentioned embittered: "Every newcomer in this company get the same present, don t try to feel special!" I did not react to her rudeness and just looked around at the rooms and got my first impressions of the company.

I always had to program and to sell the same numbers of technique devices every month. Work pressures were seriously very high and it was not possible to reach your given sales target. My crying colleague was sometimes nice but sometimes aggressive, sometimes she even get in panic. She liked to yell at colleagues that no one reached their sale targets. She through crumpled paper on me. But I knew she is just very desperately and I never feel fury for her. On the next day she said usually sorry. I felt very sorry for her, how unfulfilled has to be her life?

We had to work 50 til 60 hours per week. Overtime was not payed and you could not use it for free time. You just had to reach your sales targets. Biggest Boss was observing us all the time and there was no trust at all. I had just 20 days vacation per year. Two of these 20 days were mandatory, it means for me, at the end I just had 18 days vacation per year. Contract conditions were changed very often. If you would want to have a longer weekend and you planed to take a day off on Monday or Friday, that was not possible, it was forbidden. Just day offs between Tuesday and Thursdays were possible.

In addition, I had to cheat on my customers to sell more devices. It was no longer morally correct.

Me in bed after work, can you see my mobile phone next to me, it wasn t even a smart phone heheh :D

Everyday I get a more and more bad mood at work. At night I just slept 2 or 3 hours. And I decided to leave the company after one year work experience. I decided to move back to Germany and search a new way for my life.

I never regret this decision! Money is making life a little bit easier but Money is not making us happier! I had to choose: Money, no friends, no family, just stress and almost no spare time. Or I could choose my old life in Germany: Less Money, family and friends around, less stress and more spare time. Still it was a nice experience, work -and personally wise. It was not the right company for me, colleagues were just coming and going. Some of them land even in psychiatries with Born-Out. I was happy to end this part of my life.

I put out my last salary from the bankomat, quit my bank contract in Switzerland, packed my things ...

... and drove to Germany!

Good Bye Business Life :)

You only Live Once YOLO :D :D Live your life , enjoy it, be satisfied and happy :) Big Hug Lena!