Is Trucking A Lonely Job? And Does That Matter?

The unhappiest jobs are also some of the loneliest, according to an 85-year study from Harvard researchers. Jobs that require little human interaction and don’t offer opportunities to build meaningful relationships with co-workers tend to have the most miserable employees, thestudy found. Since 1938, Harvard researchers have gathered health records from more than 700 participants from all over the world and asked them detailed questions about their lives every two years. “It’s a critical social need that should be met in all aspects of our lives,” Waldinger explains. However, loneliness doesn’t just afflict those in solitary jobs — even people with busy, social jobs can feel isolated if they don’t have positive, meaningful interactions with others.