42% of HR professionals have 'awful' work-life balance

Compared to any other profession, engineering and IT workers are much happier with their work-life balance.

According to the latest survey from salary-benchmarking site Emolument.com, 42% of HR professionals report that their work-life balance is awful. Below them on the list are consultants, with almost half (49%) reporting their balance as awful as opposed to satisfactory or great.