librarian the most stressful job?
Apr. 25th, 2007 12:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dirtylibrarianfrom lisnews.org
Fighting fires may sound taxing, chasing criminals demanding, but a new study says that working in library is the most stressful job of all. The BBC says Librarians are the most unhappy with their workplace, often finding their job repetitive and unchallenging, according to psychologist Saqib Saddiq. He will tell the British Psychological Society that one in three workers suffer from poor psychological health. The study surveyed nearly 300 people drawn from five occupations. They were firefighters, police officers, train operators, teachers and librarians and were intended to cover the spectrum, with the librarians first-thought to be the least stressful occupation.
In a survey of five occupations? Not very wide ranging that one. More stressful than deep sea oil rig repairman? More stressful than high school vice-principal? More stressful than emergency room doctor? I'm sorry, while I certainly do agree that being a librarian can sometimes be repetitive and unchallenging, ennui is not the most stressful of conditions to work under, IMHO.
Fighting fires may sound taxing, chasing criminals demanding, but a new study says that working in library is the most stressful job of all. The BBC says Librarians are the most unhappy with their workplace, often finding their job repetitive and unchallenging, according to psychologist Saqib Saddiq. He will tell the British Psychological Society that one in three workers suffer from poor psychological health. The study surveyed nearly 300 people drawn from five occupations. They were firefighters, police officers, train operators, teachers and librarians and were intended to cover the spectrum, with the librarians first-thought to be the least stressful occupation.
In a survey of five occupations? Not very wide ranging that one. More stressful than deep sea oil rig repairman? More stressful than high school vice-principal? More stressful than emergency room doctor? I'm sorry, while I certainly do agree that being a librarian can sometimes be repetitive and unchallenging, ennui is not the most stressful of conditions to work under, IMHO.
