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Why Office Dating May Be More Dangerous in This Economy

The recession has made companies extremely anxious, increasing the stakes for office romances

August 13, 2010 RSS Feed Print

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A more serious relationship may eventually require confiding. When coworkers find out that two colleagues are dating and they are in the dark, there can be some resentment. For one thing, some will wonder whether they may have offended one by criticizing the other, ignorant of their relationship. If you divulge, be prepared. When relationships are disclosed, past promotions can be tainted with fresh concerns over favoritism.

Although there are many examples of successful relationships that have started at the office, they can very often leave one person (or both) hurt. The wisest workers today are aware of the judgemental, impatient, and unstable nature of the current workplace and are careful to avoid doing anything that would cause them to be viewed as not devoting their complete attention to the job, Goldfarb says.

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It's okay to have an office romance and date a co-worker as long as you don't do the following:
1. Propose to your boyfriend/girlfriend at work because that's not why you're at work.
2. Make-out with your boyfriend/girlfriend at work because nobody wants to see that.
3. Hold hands with your boyfriend/girlfriend during the work hours not even on break.
4. Gossip about the other office romances since it will only hurt people.
5. Marry and have a wedding with your boyfriend/girlfriend at work because if your boss found out about it you could lose your job.
6. Ask a man or woman out on a date during the work hours including lunch and break.
7. Have sex with your boyfriend/girlfriend at work because it's not appropriate to take off your clothes, and use a condom there in front of everybody or behind the office closet.
8. You do not if your boyfriend/girlfriend dumps you pick up any kind of weapon especially a sword or a gun and threaten to kill them if they date anyone that isn't you just so you can try and get them back because that doesn't work and your boss could fire you right off for that, and it scares and upsets people too.
9. Break-up with your boyfriend/girlfriend at work. Wait until after work to do that not before.
10. Show-up drunk, smelling like smoke or with a bad breath from illegal drugs, smoke anything from marajuana to cigarettes and drink alcohol at work with your boyfriend/girlfriend who also does it just because you spent a night at the bar or night club because you could be written up by your boss for that or worse fired or replaced for good.
Don't chance it!

JessieC of CA 11:13PM November 08, 2010

Office relationships are peculiar. Getting to know someone by their awkward interactions with a whole variety of people is dissatisfying. Games that revolve about admiration, concern, lack of intimacy and guessing is exactly why these phony and temporary absolutes exist.
I come prepared with body mist and hygene products whenever possible to counteract the symbiosis of maladjusted relationships.

danton of WA 4:15PM September 27, 2010

It brings about loss of focus and especially when the relationship is not going on well while the two have to cross each other's line in the course of duty

Taofeeq 10:29AM September 02, 2010