Working from home has become a fixed feature of modern life in Switzerland, with more than a third of employees working remotely at least some of the time.
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I have a wealth of experience as a journalist working in Switzerland and enjoy producing videos, articles and podcasts on a range of subjects, recently focused mainly on politics and the environment.
Born in the UK, I studied law at Nottingham University, then went on to attend the first-ever post-graduate radio journalism college in London. After working as a radio journalist in the UK and then Switzerland from 1984 to 1995, I returned to the UK to complete a post-graduate diploma in film at Bournemouth Film School. I have been working as a video journalist ever since.
In the third quarter of 2022, 38% of employees worked from home at least occasionally, down 1.6% from the same period the year before. ICT (information and communications technology) workers put in the most hours from home (83.0%), with people in the financial services trailing at 73.3%. That’s according to the Federal Statistical Office.External link
These days, we have state-of-the-art technology to make this work possible, but what was home office like at the beginning of the digital age? Find out more in this 1986 archive report from the MTW science programme of Swiss Public Television, SRF.
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