Most companies have a strict policy about dating and the work place. This is for several reasons and most of those reasons apply to having a married couple or family working at the store. A dating at work policy simply states that you cannot date anyone who works for the company no matter what department they work for or where in the company they are located.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dating at work can be both a joy and extremely uncomfortable. Employers recognize this and the potential problems that can arise so they often instigate the no dating at work policy. Personally and professionally, there are many valid reasons for not dating a co- worker that have been listed above. It is rare for someone to find their soul mate at work, but the potential problems of trying are definitely going to be there. It is best to respect your company policy and avoid any relationship other than friendship with your co- workers.

 

I listened to a story about someone who was dating at work and it did not turn out well. He was married and she had a bad reputation around work. They worked closely together and soon it was shut down between Christmas and New Years. She told him to call her if he wanted to see her and soon the two were having an affair. Co-workers were appalled by the behavior but no one said a word. When one would miss work, so did the other one and before you new it they were both in hot water for attendance problems. Dating at work is never going to turn out well. When they broke up, it created a strain, not only for them, but for the co-workers as well. Job performances suffered, thus the company suffered. There was talk about placing a rule in the company handbook about employee dating at work, but the company felt that would cause more problems, since they had husband and wife teams that worked well together. All companies have different viewpoints on dating at work, but some just do not understand it completely and do not want to deal with the legal issues. After hearing about the situation and the tension it created for other employees and the company, I feel that dating in the workplace should be avoided at all costs. Nothing good can come from two people, especially one that is married, dating at work. Many companies do have policies in place to prevent this type of behavior. However, no one can tell them what they can and cannot do outside of work. Nothing is stopping people from dating, but it needs to stay out of the workplace. It will cause problems and in some cases one or the other leaves a good job to avoid be humiliated.

I work at a company that has a policy about dating at work and it does not cause any problems at all for married people who work together. Married and dating are completely different. If you are single and use your job to find a date, then you are not doing your job. Because of this policy, we have had no issues with break ups that affect the work environment or the product production. Before this policy went into affect, we did see dating at work that caused some tension from time to time. Yes, the married couples have issues, but they try to keep their problems out of work. People need to follow these policies or risk being reprimanded or fired by the company. Everyone gets along and we do have flirting, but that is as far as it goes. It just makes everyone a lot happier and we all enjoy working together.

I have mixed feeling about dating at work. Yes, it can work for some people, but for others it is disastrous. If a break up occurs, you still have to face each other daily. I have a friend who is a supervisor and was dating another supervisor. Now that they are broke up she finds it hard to learn things about the machines she supervises since he is also around the same area all the time. She stays longer after work just so she can learn the things that she needs to know. It does not brother the maintenance person teaching the supervisors, but it does cause the company some added expense since the maintenance person is an hourly employee. By the way, this company has a policy against salaried persons from dating, but not the hourly employees. This sounds like a double standard if you ask me. I think the company needs to revise the policy a little more

I met my husband at work and we started dating at work and continued to see each other for three years. We were married twelve years ago and are as happy as the day we were married. We continue to work together with no problems at all. We respect each other and the jobs that we each do. He is now my supervisor and I am a machine operator. If he tells me to do something, I do as I am told. Outside of work we decide when and how to do something together. If he yells at me at work, I do not take it home with me. He is after all my boss at work and my husband outside of work. We can differentiate the difference between our work and personal lives. My husband is my boss and my best friend and that something I am grateful for every day. I would not have met him if it were not for my job.