"One in five employees confess to being unfaithful with a colleague"
Could there be a correlation between the type of job and cheating?
Relationship woes as a result of cheating can be a mighty force to get over in the strongest of relationships.
Cheating is something that can happen at any point in a relationship, but the most common place is the workplace. Where do you spend the most time outside of your home? Your office...
Which is why we thought it was interesting to take note of a survey that was conducted in the UK that revealed insight into workplace romances.
The Saturday Star described it best: "According to Forbes, one in five employees confess to being unfaithful with a colleague. The allure of the forbidden fruit can be fairly tempting, especially in an environment where professionalism and boundaries are expected to be upheld - and many can't help but take a bite."
A survey that was conducted by RANT Casino revealed the popular professions that housed workplace affairs. They surveyed 3,800 individuals and out of that sample, 1,644 individuals confessed to infidelity.
People who worked in sales took the top place with 239 individuals admitting to cheating.
"Often with irregular working hours and numerous work functions or networking events to attend, this places the industry at the forefront as a prime breeding ground for infidelity,” the researchers explained. (MSN)
Up in second place were educators, professors, and teachers with 226 respondents confessing to cheating on their partners.
And, surprisingly - well, not really if you watch medical shows like 'Grey's Anatomy' and 'The Good Doctor' - in third place a recorded 205 came from healthcare workers.
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"605 respondents admitted to flirting with a colleague, and roughly half of that amount (15.1%) owned up to having further developed romantic feelings. Additionally, nearly 13% confessed to having a ‘work wife’ or ‘work husband’ following study findings which have revealed that those with a work spouse are more prone to confide in them than their actual partners." (MSN)
Whatever the reason behind cheating in the workplace, the above information was just an indicator of the world of cheating based on a group of people and is not a copy-and-paste approach for all people working in these industries.
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