From ₹45,000 salary To Switzerland without a Job: How one bold decision changed an Indian woman’s life

A Delhi woman’s story has gone viral after she revealed how she quit her ₹45,000-a-month corporate job, started her own venture, and eventually spent several months living in Switzerland—without ever taking up a traditional job there.

Post Published By: Sreeja Chowdhury

Updated : 10 July 2026, 4:25 PM IST

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New Delhi: A Delhi woman's story has been doing the rounds online after she opened up about walking away from her ₹45,000-a-month corporate job, building something of her own, and eventually spending months living in Switzerland without ever holding a traditional job there.

She Walked Away From The 9-to-5 Looking For Something More

Sneh Gaur, based in Delhi, had a steady corporate role that paid ₹45,000 a month. On paper, it checked the boxes — a fixed paycheck, stability, the usual markers of a "good job." But somewhere along the way, the routine started to feel less like security and more like a cage. She had a salary, but barely any time or freedom to call her own. Rather than holding out for a promotion or a bigger number on her payslip, she made the harder call: quit, and figure out a life that actually felt like hers.

 

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A Skill From Her Past Became Her Way Into Europe

Before she ever sat in a corporate cubicle, Sneh had spent time teaching. That experience, it turned out, was the thing that eventually set her free. She built it into an online business — something she could run from anywhere, on her own schedule, answerable to no one but herself. It took her to Spain first. Later, it gave her six months in Switzerland, living and working there without a single conventional job offer or work visa tied to an employer. In her own telling, it was that one monetisable skill that opened the door — not a corporate ladder, not a recruiter, just something she already knew how to do, repackaged for the internet.

The Internet Can't Stop Talking About It

Her story has clearly hit a nerve. Thousands have shared and reacted to it online, many calling it proof that a fixed salary isn't the only definition of success. Not everyone's convinced it's a template to copy, though — plenty of commenters have pointed out that a leap like this takes real financial groundwork, and that "quit your job and travel" rarely looks this smooth for everyone who tries it. Risk or not, Sneh's journey has kicked off a fresh round of conversation about remote work, building something independent, and what "making it" even means anymore.