La Job is a Canadian French-language comedy television series set in Montreal, Quebec.

National industry leader Les Papiers Jennings, a multinational carton and packaging company, is restructuring.

He shares his desk with Louis Tremblay, who is secretly in love with the shy receptionist Anne Viens.

Losique already made herself known for importing shows like the American The Simple Life (called La Vie rurale in its Quebec version, its first exportation) starring herself and pop singer Jacynthe and The Surreal Life (Des gens pas ordinaires).

Twelve episodes for the first season began shooting on July 10, 2006[1] and wrapped-up six weeks later,[7] with a budget of less than Can$200,000 each and filmed in high-definition.

The role of the David Brent boss was entrusted to Antoine Vézina, a performer of the reputed Ligue nationale d'improvisation (LNI), a Quebec-born concept of improvisational theatre and international improv team competition (Quebec, France, Belgium, Switzerland and Italy).

Paul Ahmarani, playing La Job's Gareth Keenan, is a great fan of the British series.

[12] Sébastien Huberdeau, the Tim Canterbury equivalent, was seen on international screens in The Barbarian Invasions, winner of the 2004 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

It was reported that Anne-Marie Losique made the surprising choice of making Luc Provost audition for the Gareth Keenan character.

Built for the series, the shooting set is said to be ready to be converted into a real office space overnight.

[4] Made for the internet, around a minute long original videos of the boss alone at his desk, giving foolish advice to camera, were released online weekly in the last quarter of 2006 on Bell's Sympatico.msn.com.