<ul><li>Annalisa Pawlosky, an AI scientist, moved her family to Switzerland in 2020 for a new role at Google.</li><li>Pawlosky is the primary breadwinner for her family and handles the mental load of her household.</li><li>Family dynamics are also more traditional in Switzerland, which took some getting used to.</li><li>Pawlosky worked for Google in the Mountain View headquarters before moving to Switzerland.</li><li>She married her husband in August 2020 and moved to Switzerland the same month.</li><li>Pawlosky and her husband had their second child 10 months ago, she received 24 weeks of maternity leave in Switzerland.</li><li>Her role at Google involves a lot of travel and most often, the whole family travels with her.</li><li>The hardest part of being the main breadwinner for Pawlosky is handling the mental load at home.</li><li>Switzerland has fewer support services for working mothers than in the US.</li><li>Though she has a supportive husband, the income disparity has caused its share of issues.</li></ul>

I'm a female breadwinner who moved to Switzerland for my Google job. Our family dynamic is not easy in a conservative culture.

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