That's a good shout - we hid a card & various other bits - including some spending money - that went inside gloves, socks etc.

Thank you to all of you for your comments, helpful tips & advice... She left us on Monday morning and has had a fantastic first few days...

Please do keep posting if you can think of anything else... It all helps...

Andy S wrote:

Make use of the networking opportunities! She’ll be meeting some seriously well connected people who can be useful to know. Work hard, be polite and dilligent and decent people will notice. Be friendly and engaging and know where the boundaries are - if someone looks and sounds like a prat, they are a prat. Trust your instinct, you will rarely be wrong and most importantly, enjoy the experience.

This site is good for local questions.

https://www.englishforum.ch/

Switzerland is fairly civilised, but on the ski slopes there are a lot of foreigners, some of whom really don't know how to behave. They think being a good skier is just about going fast, not about control. Some of them also get hopelessly drunk. I saw one guy near the top of a red run who couldn't even stand up he was so drunk. They're a menace and cause accidents, so be careful.

It is expensive here, especially things that involve labour - eating out, drinking out, taxi's, etc. Davos is very expensive. A low wage in Switzerland is around £20 per hour, I think 3 times the UK minimum wage. It's a question of adapting, and avoiding things that are expensive in Switzerland but cheap in the UK. Some things are cheaper, e.g. some electronics, as VAT is < 8%.

It is quite a safe place. Crime is low. Women often walk home alone at night.

The food isn't great. I really miss the fish 'n chips and curries.

If she has nice employers I think she'll have a ball.

Thank you David, yes she is working in a privately owned chalet as a sous chef under a 2 Michelin star'd head chef... The owner/family pay for all expenses, travel too & from Switzerland, accommodation, food, board/ski/boot hire, etc etc etc and she gets a very good wage too...

The owners/family have owned the chalet for 9yrs and most of the 12 staff there have been back year on year! They have spoken to Kat about home sickness etc and have measures in place...

Fingers crossed, she will love it

Sounds like a great opportunity for her. She'll be fine.  John
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They sound like very good employers. I'm sure she'll enjoy herself.

Sounds ace Craig, I’m sure she will have a fabulous time, it is always a good sign when staff return year on year to the same employer.

It’s something I wish I had done while I was younger, but I can’t cook am useless at house work and hate getting up early...... so I might not have been best suited.

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I intend to...

Set of winters and we will be set

Try and avoid driving there on a Friday evening, Saturday morning, and driving back on a Sunday evening. There's lots of traffic then with everyone going to or coming back from the ski resorts.

And don't take part in this race, unless you don't mind losing a limb or two.

Cam-Tech-Craig wrote:

I intend to...

Set of winters and we will be set

Or buy my super dooper snow traction system!!

https://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic53784.html

Dixy wrote:

OK Stan I will re-Phrase, she is going to find herself in some potentially awkward situations and a bit of warning on how to avoid and extricate may save difficulties.
Also tell her to start the season cautiously, many seasonairs celebrate their arrival for the first few nights, brake a wrist before the end of week 1 and are home before Christmas.

Hmmmmmm, what was that about breaking her wrist

2 Bloody weeks and she's broke her right wrist!

B*gger, sorry to hear that mate. At least Switzerland has good hospitals, especially for that sort of stuff so she'll get great care. Can she still work or is she off sick for a bit ?? Hope the wrist heals quickly and she can get back to work soon. MY 2010 5.0 SC Galway green and sand interior!!
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Well, she has been so very lucky Eugene... She has managed to fracture/break her arm/wrist (it’s still a little unclear) without any ongoing pain! So, this means she has managed to prove to her employers that she can still work!

She has a very low threshold for pain so, I know she’s not winging it!!!

She has to have the cast changed weekly for food hygiene reasons and the hospital has agreed to that and in two weeks time the staff have two weeks off! So she only needs to work for fourteen more days and she can keep her job! So, yes she’s well chuffed that she can stay!

Now all she needs to do is to learn how to fall correctly!!!

Unlucky, but also lucky it seems.

I suggest getting some paracetamol just in case it starts troubling her before a work shift.