Sex in the workplace: is it alright? Is it even acceptable? If complicating your life and making the workplace potentially awkward is what you want, then sure, sex in the workplace is fine. But who really wants awkwardness and any extra complications to their lives?
If possible, sex in the workplace is a big no-no. Not to mention, most workplaces frown upon relationships between employees, which is why those involved in workplace relationships must deal with added pressure of keeping the relationship a secret.
Business and pleasure shouldn’t be integrated. When mixing the two, there is less effectiveness in the workplace because of distraction.
Even fully established couples shouldn’t work together.
Consider this: Two doctors, fully committed in a relationship, also work together. Monday they go to work for a 12-hour shift. When they come home, they both make dinner together. Then, they both clean up together. They get ready for bed together. They go to sleep together. The next day they wake up, get ready for work and do the same routine all week long.
Even if they’re apart during the weekend, this is way too much time spent together. Part of keeping a healthy, happy relationship is maintaining the spontaneity and excitement. How the hell is a relationship going to be spontaneous and exciting when two people are together their entire lives?
After spending every moment with the one another, this couple becomes tired of each other. This makes it more likely that these people will release all of that built up annoyance during work. Picture a couple arguing in the workplace; is that really professional behavior?
For more than several reasons, sex in the workplace is a big no-no. Work and intimate relationships should be separate, even if the individuals involved have a decent level of maturity.
Why complicate things? There’s plenty of fish in the sea to have a relationship with. There’s also plenty of fish in the sea to have sex with. So, why have sex in the workplace where complications are bound to happen?
