Chapter 8 Discussion Question #3

A section I found interesting in chapter eight is promoting professionalism in workplace relationships and especially the section pertaining to office romance. Office romance often happens at the most inoportune of times. I think office romance is fine as long as you keep it at home and not in the office. Keeping your romance at home is virtually impossible. I think people we work closely with and spend a lot of time with are often who we end up feeling attracted to because of this close link through work. We see them most often five days a week and at outside company events. I once owned a business and made the mistake of hiring one of my employees girlfriends. They worked horribly together. She would get jealous of the way other employees looked at him while he would get upset if she talked to a customer for to long. I ended up losing a good employee over this and would never hire two people who are romantically linked again. Office romance success depends a lot on the level of maturity you posess as well.