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What is the worst job you have ever had?

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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

The Guardian's long-running Q&A repeatedly asks this standing question, with minor tense variation.

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David Gandy British model
I worked for a company that stripped an office, including the furniture, over one weekend – so I worked for 48 hours straight.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 April 2020 source ↗
Robbie Williams English singer
I sold double glazing in Stoke when I was 16. That was for two weeks. Other than that, I’ve never really had a “job”.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 May 2017 source ↗
Esther Rantzen
When I started as a researcher in the BBC, I was working for an editor who was a self-confessed misogynist. He used to practise shooting by aiming his air gun at an aerosol can balanced just over my head. I made it a matter of pride not to flinch as the pellets whizzed by.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 February 2024 source ↗
Nick Grimshaw English television and radio presenter
When I was doing A-levels, I worked in a factory that made homework diaries, which was fine until they banned talking and the radio.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 June 2017 source ↗

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