I completed my apprenticeship at the Bund and applied a few years later again at the same place as an employee. I was familiar with all the superiors and employees. I knew operational procedures through my training. I had a job interview and a week later it came to wage negotiations. In the end I got a rejection because I have a C-card and I am an Italian citizen. My mother grew up in Switzerland and my father is Swiss. I was allowed to do the apprenticeship but was not allowed to work as an employee. I would have preferred a direct refusal than such an audacious game.

For me, the years I worked at the Bund were like holidays. And then very well paid. Unfortunately, I got bored someday.

The work, if you can call it that, was pure show during my many years of employment. It was all about making it seem to the outside world how much work we have. But effectively, we haven't worked half a day. With internet surfing and eternal coffee breaks we have spent our time. And I'm not talking about 20 years ago. I still mean 2018, but the pay was great.

Already had some interviews and in different departments. The interview process, the questions, the superiors sitting opposite you and many other things... Underground bad and very precarious. I have never seen such strange and conservative people in a company as the Bund.

The tap water's cold. It is a mystery that this is happening in Switzerland and in the government.

Although my qualification meets all the requirements described in the job advertisement, suddenly a rejection comes from the company. Apparently the qualification alone is not decisive, in order to come at all into the interview.