Inc.com offers As Valentine’s Day Approaches, Office Romance on the Rise – an appropriate story the day before Valentine’s. Check out the lede:
The number of workers caught canoodling at work has skyrocketed over the past year, according to new research.
That deserves mention simply for using the verb “canoodling.” When is the last time you read that in a business article? Yeah, I know, maybe last year at this time. Anyway, the stats:
Four out of 10 U.S. workers admit to being involved with another colleague at some point, according to a new survey by Spherion, a Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based employment firm, and Harris Interactive.
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Twenty-five percent of workplace relationships eventually lead to marriage, according to the Spherion study.
I mention that last stat since I am in that 25% group. I met my wife at work and we did get married while working at the same company. She worked in marketing and I worked in sales – a match made in heaven.