I dated someone from the same company (but not the same dept) for a few years, it was extremely hard when the relationship ended.

I came very, very, very close to having a "fling" with a superior but didn’t. I gave up a position that I had because I would have had to have gone out of town on business with him and I knew I would have given in. It was not a case of sexual harassment because I found him to be incredibly attractive (both intellectually and physically). I was extremely young when this happened (20s)…….now I would never have given up the position at that age I saw no other alternative because I knew I was going to give in to the temptation being in an out-of-town situation with him

Especially in this day and age when more and more people almost literally live at the office, I can understand the desire to incorporate love, sex and romance with your job, income, social setting. Work has become the place where most of us spend most of our waking hours.  For many, you see your co-workers more than you do your own family.  I won’t say that lends itself to the natural progression of dating someone you work with (it shouldn’t) but it does explain why it is happening so much lately. If you’re not good at separating your work and home life, it’s going to happen.

I would never want to date anyone associated with my job.  It’s too close for comfort. I am a pretty private person, I want to control what information about my life is discussed. When you date someone on the job EVERYONE on the job will know your personal business. You can think you are being private all you want, but people will know. And the more they know, the more the tongues will wag. For me, no man is worth all that drama. 

We only dated - nothing serious but it was hard considering I was his boss’s admin…I am glad its over and now that I look back it was a great lesson learned. 

I worked as  an Admin. Assistant to a Director of a manufacturing company.  I met and married one of his subordinates.  We lived together for 5 years and have been married for 15 years this December… that’s 20 years under our belt.  This was the best relationship I’ve had in my life.  Before I met him I took a vow of celibacy for 3 years.  I think it was that and finding out who I was and wanted in life that gave me the ability to know when the time and the guy was right for me. 

To comment on Belinda Joy above.."When you date someone on the job EVERYONE on the job will know your personal business. You can think you are being private all you want, but people will know."  We dated/well we were living together for nine months before anyone knew we were together and then it was by mistake.  But by then we were "SOLID" but we still kept our lives private.  People only find out what you want them to know.   Everyone actually respected our relationship because they felt it was a good match.  

My boyfriend and I met when he started working at my company a few years ago. He was in another department and I didn’t see him much, except for occasionally passing in the hallway. (It’s a medium-sized company, so everyone knows everyone else, at least by sight.) Then our supervisors assigned us to work together on an interdepartmental project. We worked closely together for about eight months, and got to know each other pretty well. Just before the project ended, we started dating.

We had a talk early on—after we’d been out to lunch a few times and had admitted our mutual attraction, but before our actual first date—discussing how we would handle our relationship at the office, as well as how we would act if things didn’t work out. We agreed to try to treat each other the same way we always had at work, as much as possible. And we didn’t talk about our relationship with our coworkers. We both tried very hard to be discreet. So, no flirting if there were others around; no office-inappropriate touching; and so on.

That was two years ago, and we are still going strong, with no end in sight. He left for another opportunity a few months ago, so we don’t work together anymore. But he is a truly remarkable person, and I thank my lucky stars every day that we took a chance on an office romance.