One Out of Five Women Have Fooled Around AT Work

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Got this report through e-mail and thought it was pretty funny. Apparently its true!?

-- In Celebration of Valentine's Day, WorldWIT Polled Its Community
of 35,000 Professional Women and Concluded That 61% Have Been
Romantically Involved with a Colleague and 20% Have Been Intimate
IN the Office.




WorldWIT(TM), the world's largest online community for professional women spanning 25 countries, recently surveyed its 35,000 members and asked, "Have you ever been romantically involved with a colleague?" Sixty one percent answered "yes" and twenty percent have actually been intimate IN the office itself; in conference rooms, elevators, storage rooms and even on the boss's desk. Thus, WorldWIT offers advice for managing the tricky waters of dating at work this Valentine's Day.

WorldWIT's survey also concludes that 33% of the women who have been involved with a colleague said that they are happily still part of the couple. On the other hand, nearly 25% said, "It went terrible! What was I thinking!?!"

"Professional women spend so much of their time at work, it becomes their social life," says Liz Ryan, WorldWIT CEO and nationally recognized workplace expert. "Yet is it 'safe' to have a romantic relationship at work? From email usage to client dinners, corporations are peering ever more closely into employee behaviors."

Liz Ryan has the following advice to offer, "If you're mature and reasonably professional, you can probably move from a business to a social relationship without major trouble. However, there are a few hard and fast rules to follow. These have come about over the last two decades of social and regulatory evolution (most significantly, increased liability for employers in the area of sexual harassment), and are considered unbreakable, so pay close attention."


1. Never "date down." Never enter into a romantic relationship
with a subordinate. Not only could your doing so expose the
company to a sexual harassment charge if your advances are
unwelcome; but even if your overtures are accepted, other
employees in the group can claim that they were denied
privileges because THEY weren't dating the boss.

2. Never "date up." If your manager asks you out on a date, he or
she is seriously clueless about what companies expect from
managers nowadays - that's in the best case. Ask him or her to
check with your HR department to see what they're saying about
extending such invitations to subordinates. You will be doing
your boss a favor. If your boss is IN the HR department, write
an anonymous letter to the CEO and sell the company's stock.

3. Look beyond your own work group to a galaxy or business unit
far, far away. The farther, the better - fewer chances to
interact during the day and embarrass yourself or others,
fewer chances to inspire office gossip, or give people
opportunities to interpret innocent remarks as double
entendres just because they come from you to him or her (or
vice versa).

4. Avoid PDAs (Public Displays of Affection). It goes without
saying that you must avoid unprofessional behavior including
smooching, hugging or even holding hands at work. This goes
for married couples, too. So, err on the side of formality and
give everyone one less thing to gossip about.

5. Inform your bosses as soon as possible--as a team. As soon as
you two are really an item - and only the two of you can make
this determination - tell your boss or bosses. Make the
announcement short and sweet. "I just wanted to let you know
that Joe and I are dating, and needless to say we intend to be
very professional about it, but I wanted to let you know."
That's it. Snap your mouth shut and say no more. If you do
this well, there's nothing more for your boss to say.

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