Stat Of The Week: Growing Discontent
Rising burnout takes its toll.
Lawyers soured on their work early this year, with increasing burnout likely weighing on their short-term job satisfaction, according to a new report.
Bloomberg Law’s second Attorney Workload & Hours Survey reveals a disparity between lawyers’ overall job satisfaction and how they felt about the first quarter of 2021.
For overall job satisfaction, the survey has some good news: Almost 60% of respondents rated it at least 7 out of 10, mirroring previous results.
But when asked about job satisfaction in Q1, that number plummets to 44%.
Unsurprisingly, this drop coincides with a rise in burnout — respondents said they experienced burnout 50% of the time in the Q1 survey, compared with 40% of the time in a prior survey looking at 2020.
As Bloomberg notes:
“This increase in burnout may be negatively impacting how satisfied attorneys are presently, but if conditions leading to increased burnout are directly related to the pandemic, respondents’ overall job satisfaction may not wane as they realize (or hope) that their work/life balance will return to pre-pandemic levels sooner rather than later.”
ANALYSIS: Survey Finds Lawyer Burnout Rising, Well-Being Falling [Bloomberg Law]
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