Love makes the world go round and when that happens in an office setting, things can turn upside down. Office romance is sometimes inevitable, that is why it is very important that you know about it and how it works. When love strikes, it makes a person dumbfounded of everything that goes with it, the good and the bad.
When love happens in the workplace, there is a big chance for complication to arise. How can your romance affect your job performance? How will your other office workers react to your office relationship? And most of, what if your lover is your boss? Just the thought of those questions can already squeeze your mind for the possible answers.
Forbes talked with a professional matchmaker, Lisa Clampitt of “Lisa Clampitt Matchmaking” and discussed workplace romance. Clampitt revealed that when a couple both love their jobs and want to keep it, then it is a lose-lose situation. That is the usual major problem that those individuals who are involved in an office romance experienced.
“Because either you’re dating and then eyeballing every single thing that the other person’s doing – “oh, you talked to her, you talked to him. What were you doing?” – or it doesn’t work and then you have to hide behind corners and avoid the person,” explained Clampitt.
According to Career Builder’s annual Valentine’s Days survey, there are chances for an office romance to end up in wedding bells. However, 5% of office workers who got involved in an office romance left their jobs because they got hurt badly and that the relationship ended pretty badly.
In this kind of relationship, you can see different situations. There are those who are involved in the forbidden romance wherein light nights and closed door projects will sometimes lead to huge temptation for married individuals. Aside from that, you can also find those secret lovers. These are individuals who try their best to keep or deny their relationship because they do not want it to get in the way of their careers.
There are pros and cons in an office romance. Just like in any relationship, your lover or partner will serve as your inspiration and that can be beneficial in this case. But when things do not turn the way they are supposed to be, then you must know how to handle it. What really matters is that you know what you are getting into.
Meanwhile, Jobs & Hire shared helpful tips on how you will be able to survive a break up from an office romance.
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