The question
What is the worst job you have ever had?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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When I worked at a dog food company shovelling the exterminated rats.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 April 2025 source ↗
I’ve always enjoyed all my jobs, whether it was cleaning the stairs for my piano teacher or working at Lister hospital one summer.
Cold call market research at uni.
I’ve never had a job.
Picking up dog poop at home: my sister and I used to take turns.
More time with my boys.
The years of self-doubt.
I worry about doing everything right with my kids.
Losing the people that I love.
“You’re selfish.” It was a friend.
Dancing on stage with an open fly.
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