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Business and pleasure
So there is this guy that I work with and we have been flirting a lot for the last few weeks. We had a conversation about liking each and both us not wanting a serious relationship. My question is it possible to work with someone and fool around and not catch feelings?
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The question you always want to ask yourself before beginning an office relationship is: "Can I afford to lose this job?"
Because it could always come to that. Maybe you have some fun together, it goes well, and you keep it light and life & work goes on... but really, that's not usually the way it goes down. At some point, there will likely be drama, and it might get to a point where for one reason or another, you can't work with the guy anymore.
Another key thing is that it's a very bad idea to date someone who's over or under you in the chain of command (sometimes, it's actually grounds for termination). This is particularly tricky because you don't always start out that way, but then someone gets promoted and suddenly it's an issue. Once again, it may come down to one of you having to find a new employer, and you can't count on it being him!
All that having been said, sometimes you meet someone at work and things click really well. It doesn't necessarily make sense to have a hard and fast rule that everyone you work with is off-limits. Just be ready to look for a new job if you play that field.
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Any time you date someone, become friends with benefits or have any type of relationship with a work mate of the opposite sex out of the office. There is always the opportunity that the relationship will have a negative impact on your office relationship. While the out of office relationship blossoms everything in the office may be great or it may not depending on if one of you is in a managerial position. Then the others in the office may feel that favoritism is being played. This is why many companies have a no fraternization policy between management and employee.
Then of course there is the possibility neither of you are in management and the relationship withers of its own accord or maybe one of you helps it wither. In this case or scenario you try to be adults about seeing each other and working together daily but management notices the chill in the air. They tell you to get your act together or one of you has to go. The one that will be let go is the one that has the least responsibility. Only you know the answer to that question.
The above is the reason why office romances or relationships are never a good idea. You cannot fool around with someone and not get feelings for them in some manner especially if the fooling around becomes a friends with benefits situation
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