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Heidelberg News • Service<br />
54 • Issue 268 • 2009<br />
isabelle acteon lives in france but works in switzerland.<br />
Her search for a temping job took the 37-year-old<br />
to le Brassus in the vallée de Joux, which is known as<br />
“Watch valley” due to the large number of watchmakers<br />
based there. she has been employed at the Baudat<br />
print shop for eleven years and is primarily responsible<br />
for quality control. she enjoys reading in her spare<br />
time and is also a huge opera fan.<br />
You commute daily between France and Switzerland. Do you spend a great deal of time in the car?<br />
No, not at all. If I cross the border at Valor, it’s only 27 kilometers from my home to work. My morning commute<br />
takes no more than 30 minutes.<br />
How has a Frenchwoman ended up working in Switzerland?<br />
That came about by sheer chance. When I graduated, there weren’t many jobs in the legal profession in France.<br />
I could have waited for the situation to improve, but I didn’t want to and instead widened my search to other sectors.<br />
Swiss salaries are very good so I also looked for work there and got a job at Baudat. I’ve been here ever since.<br />
What does your job involve?<br />
I spend most of my time in postpress, where I’m responsible for quality control, packaging and shipping. I also<br />
help out in prepress with the production of our advertiser entitled “Feuille D’Avis de la Vallée de Joux.” If Ms.<br />
Baudat is short of time, I take care of the proofreading. I also do the typesetting.<br />
As a law graduate, don’t you sometimes feel the job isn’t enough of a challenge?<br />
No, not at all. It’s very challenging and I have a great deal of responsibility. The quality of my work has a direct impact<br />
on the impression the print shop makes and thus on customer satisfaction.<br />
What do you particularly like about your job?<br />
The combination of physically and mentally challenging work and the variety provided by the many different activities.<br />
What do you do in your spare time?<br />
I like reading but my favorite pastime is going to the opera – in Geneva, Lausanne and all over France. If there’s a<br />
good production on, I always try to go.<br />
If you were granted one wish, what would it be?<br />
I would love to be a good singer. n<br />
MEN AT WoRK // EPISoDE 5<br />
ISABEllE ACtEoN,<br />
lE BRASSuS, SwItzERlAND<br />
A little opera<br />
After work
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