Office dating rules: What are the dos and don'ts of workplace relationships? | Opinion

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Finding your colleague attractive is
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understandable, but is it advisable?
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According to Forbes, 60% of adults have
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had a workplace romance, but done wrong,
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as the astronomer coplay kiss cam
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scandal showed us all too well, there
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can be considerable consequences. To
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ensure you don't end up in any
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compromising positions at nomcore gigs,
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here's our handy how-to guide to office
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dating. Number one, stop, look, listen,
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think. You do it when you cross the
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road, so do it before you flirt with a
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colleague. The stats are not readily
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available, but the accident rate is
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certainly not pretty. So, think long and
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hard before you get yourself entangled
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in an office romance. One good question
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to ask yourself before diving in is,
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would you fancy this person outside of
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the workplace? An overwhelming amount of
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anecdotal evidence suggests not with the
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phenomenon even recently gaining its own
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theorem. Office hot. So, think with your
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head, please. Number two, read the fine
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print. Think your company has an
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official policy in compost bins, but not
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workplace relationships? Think again. In
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the world of overregulation we find
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ourselves in, there is hardly anything
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without a section in the employee
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handbook these days. HR expert Jim Moore
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told Citym that workplaces are
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increasingly drawing up specific
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relationship policies. So, make sure you
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read yours before sliding into a
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colleagueu's DMs. Number three, know
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when a relationship is career suicide.
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Are you married? Are you HR? Are you
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publicly recognizable? If the answer to
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any of these questions is yes, forget
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it. An office romance is not for you.
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But alas, with 40% of workplace romances
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involving cheating, you're likely to
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ignore that. If you do proceed, be
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prepared to bear the consequences.
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According to psychologist Nick Kinley,
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leaders cheating in their personal lives
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are likely also to be making poor
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decisions in their professional ones.
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So, there are good reasons for your
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employer to be concerned. Number four,
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avoid kiss cams. Like the plague, if you
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must engage in a scarless workplace
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affair, please remember to sneak. For
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more top tips, go to cityam.com to read
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the full article.
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