Size
From 1954 to 1990, roughly two percent of Switzerland's resident population were federal employees. This percentage has since declined due to army cutbacks and the partial privatisation of federal enterprises such as PTT (now Swisscom and Swiss Post). As of 2008, the Confederation employed some 102,000 people, all but 32,000 of which were working for federal enterprises such as the Post and the Swiss Federal Railways.
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Famous quotes containing the word size:
“Eat your meals according to the size of your bowl.”
—Chinese proverb.
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—Alex Atkinson, British humor writer. repr. In Present Laughter, ed. Alan Coren (1982)
“There are some persons we could not cut down to size without diminishing ourselves as well.”
—Jean Rostand (1894–1977)