Nowadays, many companies, especially some foreign-funded companies, explicitly prohibit office romances. Originally, dating is a personal privacy and freedom, so why should it be banned? This is because workplace romance can easily lead to instability among employees, bringing some negative effects on work and interpersonal relationships. Therefore, if you are lucky enough to have obtained a hard-won workplace romance, be sure to watch out for these three major drawbacks, and don't let it affect your career development. Achieving success in both career and love, a win-win situation is the ultimate goal!
1. Be cautious of the unstable emotions brought by the ups and downs of a relationship.
When an office romance is still in its budding stage, the sweetness of that vague period will surround the two people, even making one feel that they are becoming more active and positive at work just to impress their crush. They work particularly hard to make an impression in front of the person they like, which of course the company welcomes. However, once they confess their feelings and enter into a romantic relationship, there will inevitably be friction. Since they are in the same office, seeing each other all the time, it's impossible to avoid each other. Quarrels often distract them, causing them to become moody and emotionally unstable, directly affecting their work mood. If the lovers break up, it is very likely that one party will no longer want to stay in the company and choose to resign. For the company, the loss of talent is a huge loss.
2. Prevent the occurrence of self-serving behavior.
If it's a relationship between a superior and a subordinate, then during the evaluation of the subordinate's work or promotion review, it is inevitable that personal feelings will be involved. The company is concerned that the superior cannot treat every subordinate fairly. Instead of promoting obviously talented individuals, they may choose their lover with mediocre performance. This is not conducive to the company's development and can also cause dissatisfaction among employees.
3. Maintain harmonious workplace interpersonal relationships, and don't let personal emotions disrupt team cooperation.
Not distinguishing between public and private matters at work, bringing emotions into work, the small camp formed by the two will gradually detach from the company's team, making it difficult for superiors to manage uniformly. Once one party feels wronged in the company, the other may take on the role of protector, thereby affecting the relationship with colleagues. Moreover, office romances can also distract one's attention from work and even affect work efficiency, which is intolerable for the company whose core goal is profit.
In a survey conducted among many professionals, it was found that although the company strongly opposes office romances, 80% of people believe that office romances are fine and can develop. The remaining 20% believe that office romances will have an impact on them and should be avoided. Their reasons mainly include that changes in emotions will definitely affect work and are not beneficial to future personal development. Another reason is that facing the lover every day can create pressure and affect interactions with other male colleagues. In the workplace, networking is very important. Being prohibited by a lover from interacting with others due to gender can narrow one's professional path and hinder development. Some also believe that being together at work, after work, and even on weekends can diminish the freshness over time, leading to fatigue in the relationship, and the inability to sustain long-term feelings. If you want your workplace romance to be safe and stable without affecting work, you really need to carefully nurture it and cleverly resolve various challenges and difficulties.