The surprising news that the happiest white-collar workers in the UK are female Gemini lawyers, living in Bristol, working for a female boss at a firm or in-house for less than five years, commuting each day by car and only required to wear casual business attire continues to attract correspondence. Siân Forbes, a professional support lawyer at Bevan Brittan, takes issue with one part of the description. 'Anyone who works in Bristol knows that driving and parking is a nightmare, so how female lawyers commuting to work by car in Bristol could be the happiest workers is beyond me,' she says. Another female solicitor, who understandably prefers to remain anonymous, recalls her time working in Bristol for a female boss as the 'worst experience of my life'. She goes on: 'I'm having a brilliant time now, however, working for a male boss in-house in London. Life couldn't get any better.' We're pleased for her. Finally, a somewhat hard-bitten sounding male solicitor from Kent writes in to suggest that the secret of happiness is actually 'sexanddrugsandrock'n'roll (sic), plus some alcohol'. Failing that, he advises crosswords.
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