Careers
Happy Hour Popular With Law Firm and Accounting Workers
Posted Jul 1, 2008, 11:21 am CST
By Debra Cassens Weiss
Updated: A new survey finds that people who work in law, accounting and financial services are the most likely to head to the bars after work.
The survey for CareerBuilder.com found that workers in legal and financial occupations were most likely to go to happy hour with co-workers, with about a third saying they go out for drinks after work hours, the Washington Post reports.
Legal and accounting workers were grouped together under the category of professional and business services, according to a spokeswoman for CareerBuilder.com.
In the professional services group, 87 percent said they attend happy hours to bond with co-workers, 28 percent go to network, and 19 percent want to hear office gossip.
Those who want to share gossip during the outings could find themselves a subject for discussion. In the professional services group, 5 percent said they ended up drinking too much and acting unprofessionally, 4 percent said they kissed a co-worker, and 5 percent said they sang karaoke.
Updated at 6:40 a.m. and 9:17 a.m. to include information provided to ABAJournal.com by CareerBuilder.com.
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