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Switzerland is bureaucratic to the max with no benefit whatsoever.
You need to buy certified trash bags and toss them on the street once a week before 6am. If your trash bag isn't certified the police will dig through it and fine you if they find anything identifying. If you're late for the weekly collection your trash will stay on the street for a week.
You need to provide a form of identification to obtain a phone contract. You'll receive a mail that you have to sign while proving your identity. Except if your name contains a letter not in the local alphabet, you'll not be able to receive such letters because the letters will be replaced with question marks and the post assumes the name is correct on the mail, not on your documents.
And you'll need a residence permit and a health insurance to live in switzerland. The residence permit is hadled by the town you live (rent an apartment) in. If you move to one town over, you'll need to deregister in the first town and register in the next one. Going between apartments for a week is impossible because you'd have your residence permit void.
The health insurance is required by law. You can choose between multiple tiers of health insurance with different amounts of how much you pay and how much the insurance company pays when health related costs show up. But, the insurance company can deny you all but the most basic tier. You might not get the kind of insurance you'd need.
You're also likely to need a swiss bank account. To get one, you need to have a residence permit and a job contract. Since you'll need the bank account on the first month of working, you'll need to get your residece permit before you move in. Again, you do this in person at the city hall. And you need an address for it. You're simply likely to be late for your first payment. Also, many online stores reject credit cards from other countries and don't support bank trasnfers or debit cards from many local banks. If you leave, your account will be closed.
