Almost one in five employees who were in a committed relationship have had an affair with a colleague. Apparently cheating on a partner with a colleague is relatively common.
Work Affairs Statistics Overview. 64% of employees involve in work affairs are caught by their colleagues. This statistic is a telling indication of the prevalence of work affairs, as well as the potential for colleagues to be aware of them.
It might seem like a bit of a cliché, but workplaces are one of the most common environments where people can cheat on their partners, or perhaps even meet the love of their life in the first place.
“Many affairs happen at work because people spend long hours repeatedly with colleagues. It's these colleagues who have a deep understanding of the pressures [at work] – not the family or partners at home. This creates a feeling of being alone, and feeling depleted mentally, emotionally.
Estimates vary from survey to survey, but between 24% and 75% of employees have engaged in a workplace romance. Yet more than 4 in 5 of these relationships play out without any oversight. The lack of disclosure can't entirely be blamed on the organizations.
Recent research from totaljobs found that 22% of people meet their actual romantic partner at work, too. That's compared to 13% meeting online, 18% meeting through friends, and 10% finding each other on a night out.
43% have married someone they met at work
As much as many assume that most people meet online these days, the reality is that more people meet their spouse in the workplace than on an app. Our survey found that 43% of those who date a colleague end up marrying them.
A whopping 18% of employees reported having a random hookup with a coworker. According to Vault.com, 18% of employees reported that they had a random hookup with a coworker. Consent is the obvious issue with random hookups. If one party feels coerced, then it's no longer a consensual hookup, it's sexual assault.
Look up the length of affairs on Google and apart from one-or-two-night stands, the consensus is that most run their course in six months to two years.
Prevalence: Extramarital Affairs/Infidelities are common. Most estimates indicate that around 60% of men and 45% of women are willing to report that an affair has occurred sometime in their marriage and it suggests that 70% of all marriages experience an affair.
Research in the field of infidelity reveals that there are three distinct personality types correlated with a higher likelihood of cheating: sociopaths, narcissists, and lonely hearts.
* Think affairs happen during the evening, you'd be wrong. Married people are typically home with each other at night, if that suddenly changed it would raise too many red flags. The majority of married people will conduct their affairs in the morning, before work.
Even so, of those surveyed, 12% said they had dated a subordinate, and 19% had dated a superior. The risk to romantic co-worker relationships is the same as it is for any romantic relationship; they don't always last. But in the case of an office romance breakup, there is a chance of some serious issues.
Part of what makes an affair's relationship work is the secrecy and excitement of keeping it a secret. Once the betrayed spouse finds out, the affair loses a lot of its appeal. The new partner doesn't seem as enticing when it isn't a secret anymore. So, affairs usually fizzle out after the affair find the light of day.
Workplace affairs are common because there is opportunity and connection already built into that relationship. Think about it– for anyone working full-time in an office or institutional setting, more time is spent with colleagues than spouses.
For the betrayed spouse, stages of an affair being exposed can involve everything from denial, shock, reflection, depression to finally taking an upward turn.
Office Affairs in the Workplace
Workplace relationships can harm morale, reduce productivity, and create an unpleasant or hostile environment for co-workers. Office affairs may also lead to legal action such as sexual harassment in the workplace.
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