Lawyers rank highest on 'loneliness scale,' study finds

[DGUtley]

Lawyers rank highest on 'loneliness scale,' study finds. Law practice may be the loneliest profession.Lawyers outranked other professionals on a “loneliness scale” in a survey of more than 1,600 workers, the Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/03/30/american-workers-are-already-lonely-here-come-the-robots/?utm_term=.cf066b462a9b) reports. Sixty-one percent of lawyers ranked above average on the loneliness scale, compared to 57 percent of engineers, 55 percent of research scientists, 51 percent of workers in food preparation and serving, and 45 percent of workers in education and library services.

I don't know -- Loneliness?

Lawyers rank highest on 'loneliness scale,' study finds (http://maestro.abanet.org/trk/click?ref=z11aidwdq5_0-37ea2x36e401x025193&)

[Common]

I seriously hope they werent given a taxpayer grant to research this :)

[Mini Me]

Being a mortgage loan officer is lonely!

You battle with your loan processor who is always a bitch!
You battle with lenders who are trained to turn down loans!
Battle with your client who refuses to supply documents!

Then, the Wall Street crooks and Rethuglicans blame mortgage brokers for the Collapse!
I had my first heart attack in the mortgage biz.....then two more
Other LO's same thing, we are fated to be hated!
The stress gets unbearable!

[jimmyz]

Being a mortgage loan officer is lonely!

You battle with your loan processor who is always a bitch!
You battle with lenders who are trained to turn down loans!
Battle with your client who refuses to supply documents!

Then, the Wall Street crooks and Rethuglicans blame mortgage brokers for the Collapse!
I had my first heart attack in the mortgage biz.....then two more
Other LO's same thing, we are fated to be hated!
The stress gets unbearable!
Your past admission to "abusing cocaine" probably had more to do with your "heart attacks".

[MMC]

Lawyers rank highest on 'loneliness scale,' study finds. Law practice may be the loneliest profession.Lawyers outranked other professionals on a “loneliness scale” in a survey of more than 1,600 workers, the Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/03/30/american-workers-are-already-lonely-here-come-the-robots/?utm_term=.cf066b462a9b) reports. Sixty-one percent of lawyers ranked above average on the loneliness scale, compared to 57 percent of engineers, 55 percent of research scientists, 51 percent of workers in food preparation and serving, and 45 percent of workers in education and library services.

I don't know -- Loneliness?

Lawyers rank highest on 'loneliness scale,' study finds (http://maestro.abanet.org/trk/click?ref=z11aidwdq5_0-37ea2x36e401x025193&)



:wink:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5ab8BOu4LE

[Common]

Being a mortgage loan officer is lonely!

You battle with your loan processor who is always a bitch!
You battle with lenders who are trained to turn down loans!
Battle with your client who refuses to supply documents!

Then, the Wall Street crooks and Rethuglicans blame mortgage brokers for the Collapse!
I had my first heart attack in the mortgage biz.....then two more
Other LO's same thing, we are fated to be hated!
The stress gets unbearable!
Lenders are requiring a ridiculous amount of documentation, Ill bet you go through hell trying to get them to comply.

[Peter1469]

The Post also spoke with Buffalo lawyer Daniel Lukasik, who started the Lawyers with Depression website. He noted that technology makes it possible to do research without going to libraries, a place where lawyers once took the time to banter with others.

“What that translates to is: You’re working all the time,” Lukasik told the Post. “You get to the point where you’re too exhausted to socialize.”


Houston-area lawyer Scott Rothenberg tells the ABA Journal that loneliness and isolation may be a root cause of many lawyer issues. “There are these disparate problems like depression and suicide and substance abuse, in many respects tied together,” he says.


Even lawyers working in big firms may feel isolated in a “cubicle-ized” culture, says Rothenberg, a member of the Texas bar’s board of directors. Social isolation may be even a bigger problem for the “silver tsunami” of older lawyers, he says.


He points to online groups such as Texas Lawyers Lounge as a digital-era way to create community for lawyers and “a sense that we’re in this together.”


Adds new final three grafs at 10:31 a.m.

Interesting.

[Max Rockatansky]

Lawyers rank highest on 'loneliness scale,' study finds. Law practice may be the loneliest profession.Lawyers outranked other professionals on a “loneliness scale” in a survey of more than 1,600 workers, the Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/03/30/american-workers-are-already-lonely-here-come-the-robots/?utm_term=.cf066b462a9b) reports. Sixty-one percent of lawyers ranked above average on the loneliness scale, compared to 57 percent of engineers, 55 percent of research scientists, 51 percent of workers in food preparation and serving, and 45 percent of workers in education and library services.

I don't know -- Loneliness?

Lawyers rank highest on 'loneliness scale,' study finds (http://maestro.abanet.org/trk/click?ref=z11aidwdq5_0-37ea2x36e401x025193&)


There's a reason for that:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2018/01/04/americas-most-and-least-trusted-professions-infographic/#43ebc25565b5
https://www.statista.com/chart/12420/americas-most-and-least-trusted-professions/
https://thumbor.forbes.com/thumbor/960x0/smart/https%3A%2F%2Fblogs-images.forbes.com%2Fniallmccarthy%2Ffiles%2F2018%2 F01%2F20180103_Trusted_Jobs.jpg

http://news.gallup.com/poll/224639/nurses-keep-healthy-lead-honest-ethical-profession.aspx

http://news.gallup.com/poll/1654/honesty-ethics-professions.aspx

[waltky]

Anybody got...

... 'Lonely. I'm Mr. Lonely'?

[countryboy]

Lawyers rank highest on 'loneliness scale,' study finds. Law practice may be the loneliest profession.Lawyers outranked other professionals on a “loneliness scale” in a survey of more than 1,600 workers, the Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/03/30/american-workers-are-already-lonely-here-come-the-robots/?utm_term=.cf066b462a9b) reports. Sixty-one percent of lawyers ranked above average on the loneliness scale, compared to 57 percent of engineers, 55 percent of research scientists, 51 percent of workers in food preparation and serving, and 45 percent of workers in education and library services.

I don't know -- Loneliness?

Lawyers rank highest on 'loneliness scale,' study finds (http://maestro.abanet.org/trk/click?ref=z11aidwdq5_0-37ea2x36e401x025193&)



Prolly because they dine alone so much. :D

[DGUtley]

There's a reason for that:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2018/01/04/americas-most-and-least-trusted-professions-infographic/#43ebc25565b5
https://www.statista.com/chart/12420/americas-most-and-least-trusted-professions/
https://thumbor.forbes.com/thumbor/960x0/smart/https%3A%2F%2Fblogs-images.forbes.com%2Fniallmccarthy%2Ffiles%2F2018%2 F01%2F20180103_Trusted_Jobs.jpg

http://news.gallup.com/poll/224639/nurses-keep-healthy-lead-honest-ethical-profession.aspx

http://news.gallup.com/poll/1654/honesty-ethics-professions.aspx

I’m wondering whether part of this is because most people go to see a lawyer only when they have a problem. So... emotionally, they are a negative to begin with?

[Max Rockatansky]

I’m wondering whether part of this is because most people go to see a lawyer only when they have a problem. So... emotionally, they are a negative to begin with?
Negative experiences could certainly be part of it. Paying $300/hour is another. Getting divorced is a negative experience; getting screwed by one's spouse and screwed again by one's lawyer. :)

[Trumpster]

Lawyers rank highest on 'loneliness scale,' study finds. Law practice may be the loneliest profession.Lawyers outranked other professionals on a “loneliness scale” in a survey of more than 1,600 workers, the Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/03/30/american-workers-are-already-lonely-here-come-the-robots/?utm_term=.cf066b462a9b) reports. Sixty-one percent of lawyers ranked above average on the loneliness scale, compared to 57 percent of engineers, 55 percent of research scientists, 51 percent of workers in food preparation and serving, and 45 percent of workers in education and library services.

What about a funeral director, undertaker or mortician? Who do they talk to?

[Peter1469]

What about a funeral director, undertaker or mortician? Who do they talk to?

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Necrophilia.