If you don't care about the job, let the buttons fly. However, if your job is your profession and you want to climb that corporate ladder, keep those pants on. The loss of integrity and respect when you unsuccessfully date people at work may be too much to overcome, as your co-workers may believe you’re only there to add a few more notches to the bedpost.
Office philandering might also produce overexposure to your significant other; steady contact might put a strain on the relationship. On the whole, men yearn for private reflection time, going out with friends and fulfilling hobbies. Therefore, going to work and going home and waking up with the same person may cause the relationship to implode under its own weight. You may grow to hate each other.
The aforementioned career goals you share can also destroy the occupational honeymoon. If you’re both seeking the same promotion, things could also turn ugly out of the office because your competitive stress would follow you home. And if a breakup occurs, it only gets even more awkward when one party enjoys career advancement, while the other is left behind. Accusations of favoritism may manifest. Let’s not forget a career-threatening sexual harassment suit that, even if unfounded, will forever destroy a reputation within the walls of that company.
Ultimately, we are a generation that lives and dies by instant gratification. If an office hottie—of either gender—seems interested in grabbing a drink after work for reasons outside of relieving stress or basic thirst, most of us will conveniently forget about the ramifications of the office romance in the unending pursuit of love, lust or morbid curiosity. The basic fact is, the cons of such actions will not prevent most from exploring the temptation of convenient and possibly, compatible affection.
Just don’t say you weren’t warned.
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