The World's Worst Assistant

Sona Movsesian

Jul 2022 · Penguin Random House Audio · Narrated by Sona Movsesian and Conan O'Brien

About this audiobook

From Conan O’Brien’s longtime assistant and cohost of his podcast, Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend, a completely hilarious and irreverent how-to guide for becoming a terrible, yet unfireable employee, spilling her trade secrets for minimizing effort while maximizing the rewards.
 
Sona Movsesian didn’t wake up one day and decide to become the World’s Worst Assistant. Achieving such greatness is a gradual process--one that starts with long hours and hard work before it eventually descends into sneaking low-dosage edibles into your lunch and napping on your boss’s couch. 
 
With a forward from Conan O’Brien, The World’s Worst Assistant is a mixture of how-tos (like How to Nap at Work and How to Watch TV at Your Desk), tips for becoming untouchable (like memorizing social security and credit card numbers and endearing yourself to friends and family), and incredible personal stories from Sona’s twelve years spent working for Conan that put their adorable closeness and professional dysfunction on display. In this audiobook, Sona will explain her descent from eager, hard-working, ambitious, detail-orientated assistant to self-awarded title-holder for the worst in history.

This book is irresistible fun you’ll want to give to every young professional in your life. For readers of heartfelt humor like that of Phoebe Robinson and Colin Jost, The World’s Worst Assistant is a chance for fans, viewers, and listeners of Conan’s shows and podcast to fall in love with Sona and Conan all over again.

Ratings and reviews

It was a wonderful insight into the dysfunctional relationship between Sona and Conan. Sona reading the email exchanges between them was hilarious. I didn't expect parts of it to get as serious as it did. As a child of immigrants myself it was interesting to see similar lessons instilled into you and your brother as it was to me. Well done Sona.

funny and earnest. loved the authors reading Sona is great

I think you're great Sona

About the author

Over her thirteen years of assisting Conan O’Brien, Sona Movsesian has become a regular feature of all things Team Coco and a fan favorite. Now, Sona cohosts Conan’s podcast, Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend, and stars in a regular IGTV show hosted on @TeamCoco every Friday, “Sona Fixes Your Life.” Sona lives in LA with her husband and twin sons. She regularly forgets to put Conan’s appointments in his calendar.