Comments on: Surprising Amount of Office Romance http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/surprising-amount-of-office-romance/ A premier personal finance blog, established 2003. Within, Flexo discusses his own experiences with money, and he and other authors comment on a wide range of personal finance topics. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:22:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: fin_indie http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/surprising-amount-of-office-romance/comment-page-1/#comment-83966 fin_indie Sat, 17 Feb 2007 02:51:57 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2007/02/14/surprising-amount-of-office-romance/#comment-83966 Wow, this post really takes me back. I DEFINITELY enjoyed my share of workplace romance, and wound up meeting my wonderful wife through work. It was pretty exciting to be dating a powerful woman two offices down. Discreet doesn't begin to describe it. Wow, this post really takes me back. I DEFINITELY enjoyed my share of workplace romance, and wound up meeting my wonderful wife through work. It was pretty exciting to be dating a powerful woman two offices down. Discreet doesn’t begin to describe it.

]]> By: Toby http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/surprising-amount-of-office-romance/comment-page-1/#comment-83655 Toby Thu, 15 Feb 2007 03:27:16 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2007/02/14/surprising-amount-of-office-romance/#comment-83655 Companies have some very good reasons for being prude-ish about office romance. Affairs of the heart can be....complicated...*cough* NASA *cough* diapers *cough* attempted murder. 1) Sexual harassment (as you mention) is a big consideration. Not only legitimate unwanted attention, but also fabricated sexual harassment that a scorned lover claims could cost the company. 2) A key strategy for preventing fraud is to have 3 individuals responsible for any given process. If two of those individuals are in a relationship it may be that much easier to convince the third to perpetrate the fraud. Business is business, after all. Companies have some very good reasons for being prude-ish about office romance. Affairs of the heart can be….complicated…*cough* NASA *cough* diapers *cough* attempted murder.

1) Sexual harassment (as you mention) is a big consideration. Not only legitimate unwanted attention, but also fabricated sexual harassment that a scorned lover claims could cost the company.

2) A key strategy for preventing fraud is to have 3 individuals responsible for any given process. If two of those individuals are in a relationship it may be that much easier to convince the third to perpetrate the fraud.

Business is business, after all.

]]> By: Fed Worker http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/surprising-amount-of-office-romance/comment-page-1/#comment-83652 Fed Worker Thu, 15 Feb 2007 03:18:36 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2007/02/14/surprising-amount-of-office-romance/#comment-83652 I work at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, and was told by one of my coworkers of a couple who decided to get amorous...in the Board room. Not surprisingly, they were caught (because, trust me, there are cameras everywhere in that building) and fired. Smooth. I work at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, and was told by one of my coworkers of a couple who decided to get amorous…in the Board room. Not surprisingly, they were caught (because, trust me, there are cameras everywhere in that building) and fired. Smooth.

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