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> Oh well, more evidence on the side of keeping sex out of your work life in general. Although online dating is growing, around 1/3rd of workplace relationship
by ggreer 6y ago
> Oh well, more evidence on the side of keeping sex out of your work life in general.
Although online dating is growing, around 1/3rd of workplace relationships result in marriage.[1] It seems like forbidding such relationships would make people worse off in general.
1. http://press.careerbuilder.com/2018-02-01-Office-Romance-Hits-10-Year-Low-According-to-CareerBuilders-Annual-Valentines-Day-Survey http://press.careerbuilder.com/2018-02-01-Office-Romance-Hit...
- jasonwatkinspdx 6y agoThere's an important distinction between relationships that originate in the workplace vs relationships that originate in the workplace among people who are connected in the supervision hierarchy.
- ggreer 6y agoIf you read the article I linked, you'll see that 22% of workers have dated their bosses and that 41% of people in workplace romances had to keep it secret (usually due to policies forbidding such relationships). This behavior is extremely common and –dare I say it– usually quite healthy. Banning it doesn't stop it. It just turns everyone into hypocrites.
- jasonwatkinspdx 6y agoYeah, I don't buy those figures in the slightest, and further, none of that is a normative argument that it should continue. All it describes is that it's common for those in power, generally men, to abuse their status to create relationships under conflicting intentions.
- projektfu 6y agoNo, they shouldn’t be forbidden, but yet it’s less risky for your career to just date outside of work.