After reading chapter 8 what I found to be the most interesting to me was the section on the "Promoting Professionalism in Workplace Relationships". I have plenty of friends that I have workplace relationships. I met a co-worker through my current job and we have become the best of co-workers. We are really close at work, however that's where the relationship stays, we both have our own set of friends outside of work. With Office Romance, this one is interesting because when I went to the new hire orientation for my job it simply states in the work handbook that a line staff cannot date a supervisor or a manager because it is a conflict of interest, but it’s ok if you are line staff and the person you are dating is a manager as long as he/she works in a different department then you. I personally would never date anyone from my place of work because it can be ac ward and sometimes cause unwarranted conflict.
Personally I also think dating someone you work with is always a mistake and tends to lead to problems in the work environment more often than not. Yet this does not stop people, in fact many people meet their future partners on the job. Getting back to what you said about line staff dating managers, there is a reason that is stated specifically in your hand book and there is good sense both legally and commonly behind that guideline. Too many problems come up when superiors date lower ranking staff to mention. Conflict as you said would be the key word for these situations, no matter what measures are taken to prevent it.
ReplyDeleteI think it's great for someone to say they wouldn't date any of there co-workers. But do you actually mean it? Relationships work out in the funniest ways. But then again a lot of people make the mistake of dating their co-workers and end up screwing their work ethics up. I think it's okay to hang out outside of work, but to a certain extent. For example maybe a work party at a pizza place or restaurant. Nothing like house parties with alcohol or drugs. ESPECIALLY DRUGS. Whatever your co-workers do outside of work, don't follow them just because it's outside of work, It will mess you up inside work.
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