Tips for Maintaining Relationship at the Office

In the world of professionals in general, romance with fellow co-workers is still considered very taboo for most companies. Even though there are some companies that consider it as a private matter, but this is still considered an important problem. There are even some companies that expressly forbid dating friends.

Maintaining a love affair that is not sanctioned by the company is indeed very challenging, especially if on the other hand you are also required to remain professional in the work environment. Everything will start to look complicated when the whole office starts talking about the relationship between your colleagues. No matter how smart you hide it, still there will be office people who will uncover your love affair. Even though this is a private matter, it can only disrupt your career.


Here are 7 tips that you can apply to maintain a relationship in the office.

1. Be the person who best understands company policy. Before you start a more amorous relationship, try to find out about romance with fellow coworkers. Every company must have its own wisdom in dealing with this problem. This is to ensure that you don't go too far before knowing the rules.

2. Show a normal and relaxed attitude. Colleagues, of course, will realize when there is a change in attitude towards you and your partner in the office. If all this time your co-workers are accustomed to seeing you relaxed, joking and suddenly turning out to be more calm, then your colleagues will start theorizing that you are dating. And surely you and your partner will be gossip in the office. Try to be normal as if nothing has happened between you two.

3. Don't get too often together (Take Care of Distance) There is nothing else that makes gossip more intense if you are always alone with your partner. It feels really nice to be able to continue together. But if you want to really maintain this love affair, then you have to be able to keep your distance. Even if you want to be alone, do it at home hours. Make sure you make an appointment somewhere, and don't forget to leave the office at different times to reduce suspicion about you and your partner.

4. Don't linger at the office. People will be able to detect something that is suspicious if you spend too long together in the office but don't get too much work done. Rather than spending time dating in the office, it's better to focus on completing office work and then go home on time so you can go on a date appointment somewhere.

5. Never tell your love affair with colleagues in the office. Even if you really trust someone who you consider a loyal friend in the office, don't ever tell them about it. Because we will never know when they will let go of speech.

6. Use Office Assets Carefully Never ever, do you exchange romantic words via e-mail or office phone. Because if you are finally discovered by an IT department, then you will be in big trouble. Make sure all communication is done with your own communication device.

7. Don't Use Social Media Be careful when using social media because all forms of photo posting, status updates will be visible to coworkers and even your own boss. If you don't want everyone in the office to know about your love affair, then don't ever expose it to social media.

If you find it difficult to accept these tips, just remember one thing that you are here to work. Remember that a company pays you to do a job, not for wishful thinking, especially to pursue an acid relationship. From there you simply ask, which is the most important for you.