by Patrick Appel
Why Ann Friedman doesn’t date co-workers:
In many workplaces, young women still have to work hard to prove they’re professionals and not coffee-fetching interns or office eye candy, and it seems like office romance would undercut their efforts to be taken seriously. Despite the increasing general acceptance of intra-office romance, research shows women who date a co-worker are more likely than men to be seen as using the relationship to get ahead at work. Then there are classic concerns about weathering a breakup with someone in the next cubicle over. “Every time I’ve been heartbroken, I would not have been able to deal with that at work,” says a friend of mine who shares my no-co-workers rule.
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