One-third of office romances end in unemployment

The New York Post reports:

Many companies may not ban it, but workers still have plenty of reason to avoid an office romance like the plague.

One in three romantic office relationships will end in at least one person being fired, according to a survey of 150 human resources executives conducted by hiring firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas. Things aren’t necessarily better for those who don’t get fired. The survey found that 17 percent of employers chose to move at least one employee to a different department, and 5 percent of these affairs led to litigation.

“Real-life office romances are nowhere near as straightforward as they are portrayed on TV,” Andrew Challenger, vice president of Challenger, Gray and Christmas, said in the report. “Unequal power, unclear boundaries, bad breakups, and office politics all have potentially career-ending and life-altering consequences for employees.”

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