10 Reasons You Should Not Date A Co Worker

In this video, Jeff from The Style O.G. breaks down 10 reasons why you should not date a co worker. He talks about all of the potential pitfalls of workplace romances.

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[eliciakatrina]

I work in HR and this is ALWAYS a nightmare. They are either in each other’s face all day or bringing their issues to work. THEN, we have to hear all the details when it starts falling apart. My advice is DON’T DO IT. Trust me, it’s not worth it!

[ronaldrobinson]

In college I was intimate with a coworker. The next day everyone at work knew what we did, how we did, and where we did. After that, I NEVER talked to another coworker in that fashion again.

[anseldelacruz]

I dated my coworker. We kept things outside the office and in the office it was strictly professional. Fast forward to today, we have been together for 8 years and married. I was lucky it worked out. Avoid the office romance or be super extremely careful.

[Larry-qzes]

I will give you the No #1 reason "Sexual Harassment".

[richardbrown]

"Never get ya honey where you make ya money"

[haleylynn]

When you break up, you’re stuck seeing them every day. As well as- seeing them flirt with other people, hearing them talk about the people they like or are dating, having their new partner come into work to see them, having to see them with their new partner at all the company gatherings. You’ll want to quit, or will quit, so you don’t have to be around them.

[melvinmckinney]

Sound advice my friend. As a collage once said: “You don’t get your meat where you get your bread!

[attainingknowledgeoftruth]

Dating a coworker depends on how valuable your job is to you. If it’s a job that was not easily attained that you very much enjoy and has good pay then I suggest NEVER engaging in any dating or sexual activity with co workers. If just a job that you can easily replace then all bets are off for the right piece of ass.

[chriscj]

For everyone that’s commenting that they dated their coworker & have been married for anything longer than 10 yrs, that’s a beautiful thing. But the present day working environment is a completely different landscape. Great vid OG

[mlgpro]

Here are my notes (hope it helps):
1. Company policy
2. You look unprofessional
3. Office gossip
4. Productivity decrease
5. Absance makes the heart go fonder
6. Work life balance (work main subject)
7. Arguments (no space to deal with it)
8. Breaking up (healing prices)
9. Her dating someone else at work
10. H.R. Sexual harassment

[ticild]

Fellas, please listen to O.G.!! Resist the temptation to hold hands with Suzie! 🤣😂 If you do have interest in a coworker (romantic or sexual), don't express that interest until YOUR LAST DAY.

[kennethclemons]

Thank you addressing this topic. Never have I ever dated a female co-worker throughout my job experiences. Every job I worked from retail to warehouse jobs, Co-workers would spread gossip about either talking about whomever they were sleeping with by accident or someone has a crush on. As for me, I was always aware that it was unwise to date/mate a female coworker because I didn't want my name in the workplace gossip. I was accused of being gay by both male and female coworkers because I didn't engage in trying to date/mate female coworkers at that time which was untrue and hurtful. The reason why they assumed because I wasn't try to holla at a woman while working like the other guys were doing in the workplace, but rather being professional and productive. Some employees really don't understand how professionalism really matters in the workplace because your personality, work ethic, and reputation is on the line rather than trying to hook up. I also want to point out that there's a time and a place for engaging with women in such places like a lounge, parties, festivals, and so on. I stay on the grind until this day and hard work really do pay off. Keep up the great work 👍

[ravishingrookrude]

Certainly would be weird seeing your ex walking around the parking lot with the next guy. Nice vid!

[jasmijn]

Could not agree any more, as the old saying goes, "Don't get your HONEY, where you make your MONEY"

I have seen it done successfully, but tread carefully when trying to date a colleague or just don't do it at all.

[da_q_man]

My guy this is on point. I've dated two co workers at a previous workplace and both of em blew up in my face.
1st, not only did we see each other every day, we saw each other every weekend too. I got tired and eventually made up a lie to not see her one weekend and when she didn't bite on the lie, it was the beginning of the end. After the break up, man the very next day I got a smack outa nowhere.
2nd time round, we didn't see each other that much on weekends but in short, after we broke up, she dated another dude at work and man I wanted to strangle the guy every time I walked past them being all lovey dovey but I didn't so I learnt the hard way to NEVER DATE MY COWORKER AGAIN

[QZigZagg]

The job that I currently work on, I see this all the time. You tend to get caught up in a lot of “He Say, She Say”. Also, you run the risk of being sent to HR if you say the “wrong thing” to a female & she feels offended by it.

And the romantic relationship (or sexual) goes SOUTH between you and that other person, the AWKWARDNESS is extreme!

[MrInstrumentalist]

When you do break up she most definitely will start hanging out with another co-worker because while you were dating, trust me those thirsty guys were hitting on her and talking bad/lying about you to her.

[Chefjoe]

Great points brother, I made that mistake early on in my career and promised to never do it again and I have even told other folks how big of a mistake it is. Salute OG

[walterj]

I used to date a girl at work back in my twenties, it was cool at first then it went bad. We used to go jr. high together where I knew her and she knew me. I applied for a new job at a department store and she was sitting there and called out my full name lol. We were friends at first as always and we lived five blocks away from each other. The was job was a good walk home for the both of us but she take a cab until I said to her let me walk you home, it was a Spring afternoon.
We started liking each other more and until I asked her to be my lady and see said yes . We saw each at work, at lunch, after work and days off. She would show up on my block while I was playing basketball, I had no time to be me. After a year and half we broke up over something stupid and from that point I was able to breathe again. NEVER DATE SOMEONE YOU WORK WITH 👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽

[freedomring]

Never crap where you eat ... wiser words never given to me by an older male co worker many many years ago. I saw so many other guys lose their jobs and sanity by dating co workers. I stayed away from all that no matter how attractive a female co worker was.