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.
He’s a top gun in the Swiss Air Force…Captain Thomas Peier has a high-altitude, high-adrenaline job as a pilot and flight instructor. If you spot an FA-18 fighter jet in the skies over the Payerne military air base in Vaud, Captain Peier could be at the controls.
WORK: Guerrilla gardener Wednesday, 7 July, 2010Picture a roundabout in Southwark, London. It’s rush hour—buses, cars and motorbikes are zooming around the junction known as St George’s Circus. Take a few seconds and you might see Richard Reynolds mending a dozen perennials he planted on the roundabout’s rather small patch of earth. After work, Richard swaps his tie and briefcase for his shorts, spade and clippers. Richard Reynolds is a guerrilla gardener.
WORK: Train engineer Wednesday, 30 June, 2010As he steps down from his engine, Daniel Hirschi tells us about being the man who keeps people moving, as a train engineer for the Swiss Federal Railways.
WORK: Mountain leader Wednesday, 23 June, 2010Graziella Gruaz brings us along one of her hikes. She’s a mountain leader in the Villars region (Canton Vaud).
WORK: Director of photography Wednesday, 9 June, 2010We’re on set for an advertisement shoot with director of photography Pascal Montjovent, who tells us a little more about his working relationship with some directors…
WORK: Meteorologist Wednesday, 26 May, 2010We meet MeteoSwiss weather forecaster Lionel Peyraud in his office at the top of the ship-like World Meteorological Organization building.
WORK: Train conductor Wednesday, 19 May, 2010On the Lausanne - Geneva haul, we caught up with Steven Gary, a train conductor for the Swiss Federal Railways.
WORK: Snow groomer driver Wednesday, 12 May, 2010As the ski season was coming to a close, Xavier Michaud took us in the snow groomer he drives at the Verbier ski resort.
Work: Surgeon Wednesday, 5 May, 2010On his way to the operating room, Doctor Domizio Suva, orthopedic surgeon at the Geneva University Hospital, shares the challenges and difficulties of his job.