Alejandro Lupidi left his job to go work outside of Spain in Switzerland. Today he lives in employee accommodation, a few minutes from the hotel where he works and shares on networks what it is like to work in Switzerland, how much he earns, advice and everything he experiences from his own work experience.
More and more young people are deciding to move abroad. According to data from the National Statistics Institute (INE), between 2020 and 2025 approximately 61,000 young people between 20 and 34 years old. They have left the country heading abroad. Furthermore, a study by the Youth Institute (INJUVE) analyzes the flows and expectations of youth emigration to other European countries and other destinations.
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In this sense, emigration from Spain to Switzerland reaches record numbers because according to data from the Swiss Secretary of State for Migration, at the end of October 2024, 100,058 Spaniards were listed as residents in the country, while the Register of Spaniards Abroad raises the figure to 136,225 people. That is, 67%.
In an interview for the YouTube channel MeVoyAlMundo, Alejandro Lupidi tells how everything started, from his interview in Alicante, to working as a dishwasher and, on his own initiative, starting to prepare breakfasts. “I spent four months in Malaga and Alicante working in cafes and you earned 1,300 euros if you were lucky.” “In Spain you earn 1,200 euros a month; here I earn that peeling potatoes in two weeks. Salary of 1,200 in Spain? Here is what you spend if you go crazy buying things.”
Save up to 25,000 euros
Thus, this Argentine with an Italian passport, who worked for five years at Banco Galicia in Buenos Aires, earning the equivalent of 1,200 euros per month, “a good salary there, but I felt overwhelmed,” explains a very clear contradiction, because while in Spain waiters have an average annual salary of 16,274 euros, 39.6% lower than the national average, in Switzerland an unqualified position in hospitality allows you to save between 20,000 and 25,000 euros in two seasons.
After passing through California, he arrived in Spain where he explains that he realized that “in Spain, everyone earns 1,200 and that’s it. I love the country to live in, but you don’t make any money.”
Regarding how to get a job in Switzerland, this worker explains that the best thing is to “make an Excel with all the hotels in all the cantons, take out the emails one by one, and send your resume and cover letter in English until they say yes.” This is how he got his position near Davos, where he started washing dishes and now prepares breakfast. “You get 200 ‘no’s’ for every ‘yes’. But when the ‘yes’ comes, that’s it, that’s your job,” he says.
In addition, Alejandro has a TikTok account (@alelupidi) where he teaches and explains to his more than 78,000 followers what it is like to live and work in Switzerland, as well as life in the Alpine country. “It’s boring, really. We are 12 employees at the hotel and that’s your whole circle, but you have to give up a social life if you want to progress.” Many have been told that Switzerland is very expensive, but comparing it with Spain in salaries and cost of living, two years here can be like ten in Spain, he says.