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Work
Mondays at 5:45 pm (repeats 1:40 pm Tuesday)
Find out if the grass is really greener on the other side of the fence. Produced by WRS’s Marc Menichini, Work talks to everyday people about what they do, what they love, and what they loathe about life on the job.
Work: Being hospitable to pampered stars brings unique challenges
Monday, 18 July, 2011The Verbier Festival attracts some of the greatest classical musicians in the world, including the likes of Evgeny Kissin, Lang Lang and Julian Lloyd Webber. Sophie Paternot works as head of the festival’s hospitality team, making sure artists and staff feel at home at the Valais mountain resort. However, fulfilling the backstage requirements of world class performers and VIPs who often require things hard to find in Verbier is not always easy. Paternot talks about her job, which she has held for five years. It sometimes involves “deluxe babysitting,” she acknowledges:
Monday, 18 July, 2011The Verbier Festival attracts some of the greatest classical musicians in the world, including the likes of Evgeny Kissin, Lang Lang and Julian Lloyd Webber. Sophie Paternot works as head of the festival’s hospitality team, making sure artists and staff feel at home at the Valais mountain resort. However, fulfilling the backstage requirements of world class performers and VIPs who often require things hard to find in Verbier is not always easy. Paternot talks about her job, which she has held for five years. It sometimes involves “deluxe babysitting,” she acknowledges:
Work: Fishing guard polices Vaud river and lake polluters
Monday, 11 July, 2011Cédric Henry is a police officer but of a kind that most have never heard of. A fishing guard for the Vaud cantonal police, he tracks criminals who pollute rivers and lakes and monitors the health of the fish population. He talks about this job’s unusual mix of nature, science and policing and just how he detects perpetrators:
Monday, 11 July, 2011Cédric Henry is a police officer but of a kind that most have never heard of. A fishing guard for the Vaud cantonal police, he tracks criminals who pollute rivers and lakes and monitors the health of the fish population. He talks about this job’s unusual mix of nature, science and policing and just how he detects perpetrators:
Work: Arnaud Ziegler, Geneva swimming pool life guard
Monday, 4 July, 2011When it’s hot outside, some people, it seems, have all the luck. Arnaud Ziegler works as a lifeguard at the Vernets public swimming pool in the city of Geneva. WRS’s Marc Menichini talks to Ziegler, who maintains the job entails more than lounging around the poolside:
Monday, 4 July, 2011When it’s hot outside, some people, it seems, have all the luck. Arnaud Ziegler works as a lifeguard at the Vernets public swimming pool in the city of Geneva. WRS’s Marc Menichini talks to Ziegler, who maintains the job entails more than lounging around the poolside:
Work: Longtime expat from U.S. guides tourists and makes connections
Monday, 27 June, 2011Marilynn Geiger came to Geneva thinking she would only stay for two years. Now after 40 years, the American expat is still here and knows the city of Calvin like the back of her hand. Geiger started guiding tourists in English one summer to set an example for her children. However, after an awkward start, she found meeting and connecting with different people so rewarding that she stuck with it. She talks about her frightening first tour and how she came to love the job:
Monday, 27 June, 2011Marilynn Geiger came to Geneva thinking she would only stay for two years. Now after 40 years, the American expat is still here and knows the city of Calvin like the back of her hand. Geiger started guiding tourists in English one summer to set an example for her children. However, after an awkward start, she found meeting and connecting with different people so rewarding that she stuck with it. She talks about her frightening first tour and how she came to love the job:
Work: Arranging and selling flowers not for faint-hearted, florist says
Monday, 20 June, 2011Louise Barradi always wanted to be a florist. However, her first experience was not the colorful, perfumed and feminine environment most would imagine. The job entails long hours, backaches and sometimes, yelling from customers. However, she persisted and now Barradi is a manager at Fleuriot Geneva, one of the most popular flower shops in the canton. Here is her story:
Monday, 20 June, 2011Louise Barradi always wanted to be a florist. However, her first experience was not the colorful, perfumed and feminine environment most would imagine. The job entails long hours, backaches and sometimes, yelling from customers. However, she persisted and now Barradi is a manager at Fleuriot Geneva, one of the most popular flower shops in the canton. Here is her story:
Work: Unearthing the intellectual foundation of a good beer
Monday, 30 May, 2011College teacher Jens Anfindsen has a taste for beer, in a professional sense. In his spare time he founded and still directs a micro-brewery in the heart of Fribourg, in the cellars of a Franciscan monastery. Anfindsen and his two employees now brew over 400 liters of ale every week. WRS’s Marc Menichini meets him at the brewery as he adds the finishing touches to his special summer edition beer:
Monday, 30 May, 2011College teacher Jens Anfindsen has a taste for beer, in a professional sense. In his spare time he founded and still directs a micro-brewery in the heart of Fribourg, in the cellars of a Franciscan monastery. Anfindsen and his two employees now brew over 400 liters of ale every week. WRS’s Marc Menichini meets him at the brewery as he adds the finishing touches to his special summer edition beer:
Work: Auctioning the most valuable watches in the world
Monday, 23 May, 2011Geoffroy Ader comes from a family of Parisian auctioneers. He started his career as an assistant and quickly acquired a specialization in watches, taking part in landmark sales. In 2008, he became Head of Watches at Sotheby’s. Ahead of a major watch auction in Geneva, he shares his passion for the auction room, as well as the finest timepieces in the world, with WRS:
Monday, 23 May, 2011Geoffroy Ader comes from a family of Parisian auctioneers. He started his career as an assistant and quickly acquired a specialization in watches, taking part in landmark sales. In 2008, he became Head of Watches at Sotheby’s. Ahead of a major watch auction in Geneva, he shares his passion for the auction room, as well as the finest timepieces in the world, with WRS:
Work: National hockey team player pursues studies to expand options
Monday, 9 May, 2011Professional ice hockey player Morris Trachsler, a member of Switzerland’s team, talks about a sport he started playing when he was five years old and that is now a full-time job. The national squad was eliminated from the world championships being held in Slovakia, despite a 5-3 victory against the United States on Monday, following a series of defeats. Despite the ups and downs, Trachsler always tries to maintain a positive outlook. But as he tells WRS’s Marc Menichini at a training session in Ticino, while pursuing the sport he loves, he is also studying for a master’s degree to widen his career options:
Monday, 9 May, 2011Professional ice hockey player Morris Trachsler, a member of Switzerland’s team, talks about a sport he started playing when he was five years old and that is now a full-time job. The national squad was eliminated from the world championships being held in Slovakia, despite a 5-3 victory against the United States on Monday, following a series of defeats. Despite the ups and downs, Trachsler always tries to maintain a positive outlook. But as he tells WRS’s Marc Menichini at a training session in Ticino, while pursuing the sport he loves, he is also studying for a master’s degree to widen his career options:
Work: Digging deep for old leather shoes
Monday, 2 May, 2011Marquita Volken is an archeologist with a rare specialization: she studies ancient leather footwear and other leather objects. Both she and her husband have recently opened a shop called Gentle Craft in the heart of Lausanne’s old town, right in front of an excavation site. WRS’s Marc Menichini pays a visit there to see how she works:
Monday, 2 May, 2011Marquita Volken is an archeologist with a rare specialization: she studies ancient leather footwear and other leather objects. Both she and her husband have recently opened a shop called Gentle Craft in the heart of Lausanne’s old town, right in front of an excavation site. WRS’s Marc Menichini pays a visit there to see how she works:
Work: Cutting clothes with a passion
Monday, 18 April, 2011Fashion designer Laure Paschoud spent a gap year traveling around after high school to see if her passion for creating clothes would endure. It did and she went to fashion school in London. Now she has her own atelier in Lausanne where she uses organic and fair trade material to make her creations. WRS’s Marc Menichini visits her atelier:
Monday, 18 April, 2011Fashion designer Laure Paschoud spent a gap year traveling around after high school to see if her passion for creating clothes would endure. It did and she went to fashion school in London. Now she has her own atelier in Lausanne where she uses organic and fair trade material to make her creations. WRS’s Marc Menichini visits her atelier:
