UK PR Pros Aren't Too Satisfied with Their Jobs

We know that PR executive and event planner always score near the top of the annual “world’s most stressful jobs” list, but all that career anxiety isn’t leading to job satisfaction—at least not in the United Kingdom.

The Cabinet Office, or the “corporate headquarters for government” in the UK, performed this latest job satisfaction survey as “part of the prime minister’s commitment to find policies that boost the wellbeing of the nation”; the office eventually intends to create “a web-based calculator” to help job seekers find that perfect balance between pay rates and job satisfaction, which don’t come anywhere close to lining up.

Surprises, predictable findings and cause for concern after the jump.

First: “public relations professional” ranked 98th out of 274 entries, so we almost made the top third of all positions considered.

That said, we’re well above the unlucky last place finishers, “publicans and managers of licensed premises” or bar owners.

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