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Never have relationships with people at work. Avoid the ambiguity. You're colleagues. Period.
by lukejduncan 14y ago
Never have relationships with people at work. Avoid the ambiguity. You're colleagues. Period.
- xbryanx 14y agoSure, that might be good advice, but such absolutism isn't viable as a workplace system. Research into propinquity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propinquity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propinquity) tells us that romantic relationships are actually quite likely in the workplace. We should develop systems that handle this less-than-ideal(sometimes) behaviors. One of those systems is anti-discrimination law.
- iy56 14y agoThere was even another recent HN submission in the same spirit: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4005906 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4005906 Smoking is forbidden on airplanes. But if someone does smoke, it's better that they have an ashtray available rather than starting a fire by trying to dispose of the ashes improperly.
- rokhayakebe 14y agoI work in a place, a small one as a matter of fact, where 3 pair of people met and each went on to either get married, or be engaged to each other.
- jarek 14y agoNever sexually harass people at work. Avoid the ambiguity. You're colleagues. Period.
- Symmetry 14y agoOr at the very least with people who you report to or who report to you.
- JabavuAdams 14y agoIt's strange -- people don't seem to harass up the chain of command. I wonder why that is? People who engage in sexual harassment may not understand office norms, but like everyone else, they have an instinctive understanding of power relationships.