According to a recent report from employee listening and manager effectiveness platform Perceptyx, more than four in 10 workers feel “very” or “somewhat” lonely at work.
But remote work, which more than tripled in the wake of the pandemic from 2019 to 2021, isn’t necessarily the culprit.
In fact, research suggests that employees who have the opportunity to work remotely are more likely to feel happy and productive in their roles, and a Harvard study revealed that jobs where people felt unhappiest were also among the loneliest jobs.
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Of course, positions that require a lot of independent work and little collaboration have the potential to be among the loneliest. So, what jobs in the US fall into that category?
Game Network Solitaired analyzed data from more than 750,000 postings on the job site Indeed to find out which job titles and industries are the loneliest on average.
And the loneliest #1 on the list? These would be “operational associates”, responsible for stocking goods in stores.
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These are the 20 loneliest jobs in the United States, according to Solitaired’s findings:
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