Jared Harris: What is the worst job you have ever had?

The question

What is the worst job you have ever had?

Originally asked

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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I worked on a kibbutz in Israel and had to clean out the chicken run. It was like an oven. Inside were rows and rows of chickens that had been shitting for months – the whole floor was six inches deep in chicken shit.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 February 2025 source ↗

Others on this question

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Seann Walsh

I got sacked from TK Maxx for falling asleep under the coats.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 January 2026 source ↗

Charles Dance British actor

Treating a flock of sheep for foot rot when I was a farm labourer.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 November 2024 source ↗

Julian Lennon English musician, photographer, and philanthropist

I was a waiter with my old friend Justin Clayton; we would sneak in too many drinks and were fired after spilling soup too many times on customers.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 September 2022 source ↗

Chris Hoy British track cyclist, 1994–2013

Delivering papers in the freezing cold for my granny. I got paid in Panini football stickers, so it wasn’t all bad.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 February 2018 source ↗