May 2024
Beginner
208 pages
3h 8m
English
An interview with Sean Horan by Vasundhara Sawhney
From Harvey Specter and Donna Paulsen in Suits to Noh Ji-wook and Eun Bong-hee in Suspicious Partner, workplace romances are prevalent in popular media. IRL, too, crushing on a coworker is common: One SHRM survey found that half of U.S. workers have dated a colleague—mostly peers (70%) but also their supervisors (18%) and subordinates (21%).1 In the United Kingdom, that number jumps to two-thirds of workers (66%).2
While some may find those metrics surprising, research shows that office romances are on the decline. The current climate around sexual harassment in the wake of the #MeToo movement has likely (and rightfully) played a factor, ...