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Does Love Work at Work?
What do you do when you have a worktime Valentine? It seems that less people are falling in love WITH work, and more people are falling in love AT work. I’ll admit it, I met my wife at work, but that doesn’t mean it’s right for everyone. Test your Workplace Romance IQ. You may be surprised by all the people trying to work happily ever after!
1. What percentage of employees have had an office romance?
a.) 20%
b.) 36%
c.) 45%
d.) 58%
2. What percentage of companies have dating policies?
a.) 5%
b.) 88%
c.) 21%
d.) 42%
3. Twenty-one percent of workers met their spouse or long-term significant at work.
a.) True
b.) False
4. ____ out of ten workers would consider dating a co-worker, and nearly four out of ten workers already have.
a.) Seven
b.) Four
c.) Six
d.) Two
5. _____ percent of Society of Human Resource Management respondents said they would ban dating in the workplace.
a.) 100%
b.) 95%
c.) 10%
d.) 35%
(Statistics from Vault.com and Harris Interactive 2007 surveys)
1.) d
2.) c
3.) True
4.) b
5.) b