.sonamov has turned not doing her job into an art form
Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photos: Courtesy of Plume Sona Movsesian is excellent at her job — or rather, not doing it. Everyone has goofed off on the job either out of boredom or protest. If you’re Movsesian, you turn that desire not to work into your full-time job. You find ways to watch 58 hours of Friends while on the job; you get your boss to hire you an assistant; you turn not working into a successful bit your comedian boss somehow loves.
I want to start off by saying I find your lack of ambition truly inspiring. It’s trending up among women now during the pandemic, but you were ahead of the curve. That’s exactly it. When people think about assistants, it’s looked at as this job that you take in order to get someplace else. A big part of what changed about me with my job was I started to realize that I’m valuable. That was a really empowering thing for me to realize. From there it just sort of snowballed, and I got to a point where I was like, Why do I have to want anything more? I get a lot of time off. I could spend time with my kids. I like what I do, and I feel like my voice is heard.
What I’ve taken away from my job is that if people in management positions treat their employees kindly, it makes a huge difference. It’s so simple but sadly it’s not very common, especially in entertainment. I hope that it changes because I think you’re right: There’s something seismic changing with the workforce where they’re just not going to tolerate being mistreated anymore.
One of the best tips you share is that when you’re running errands with Conan, you look ahead for the most expensive restaurant nearby so Conan can foot the bill. How long did it take you to develop tricks like this?
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