Are you bored? Maybe you are a lawyer in Emirates

8 years ago - Published in Finance, Fundamental Analysis

If you find yourself stifling yawns and counting down the minutes on the clock every single day that you're in work, it could be because you work in one of the world's most boring jobs.
A list of the 10 most boring jobs was released by employment specialist Emolument, that asked 1300 workers across 14 sectors if they were bored at work. 

Law professionals are the least upbeat employees, with 80% saying they were bored at work, and chief executives were just as bored as junior employees. Being legally bored was put down to the repetitiveness of researching cases and rulings in a junior lawyer's working week. 

The most entertaining jobs were in research and development (R&D), education, and executive management.  Only 45% of R&D workers claimed to be bored at work because they were constantly learning and improving their skills. The survey found little difference between the amount of boredom experienced between entry-level and executive workers across all sectors. 

If you work in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) then chances are you're paid one of the highest salaries in the world and therefore don't mind working in the most boring country.  At least 83% of workers in the UAE were bored with their job. Interestingly, Italy was found to be just as boring, possibly due to instability and uncertainty in the country's economy since the 2008 financial crisis, which means workers are happy to have any job that pays the bills. The US was third, with 74% of workers saying they were bored at work.

Switzerland was the least-bored country, with only 51% of workers surveyed found to be bored. Emolument said this was due to the Swiss finding motivation in work-life balance and the country's high standard of living.
“Boredom at work is a key issue for firms trying to keep millennials engaged, especially in traditional industries such as accounting and legal jobs which can be perceived as dull while employers attempt to give young employees the satisfaction of making an impact in their work life in order to prevent them from moving on too swiftly,” said Emolument COO Alice Leguay.

Most boring professions ranked from most to least boring.

1 – Legal jobs (81%)
2 – Project management (78%)
3 – Support functions (71%)
4 – Finance control (68%)
5 – Consulting and accounting (67%)
6 – Financial services and banking (67%)
7 – Engineering (64%)
8 – Sales (61%)
9 – Marketing and communications (60%)
10 – IT (56%)