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It's February. Valentine's Day is right around the corner, spring is on the way, and the thoughts of coworkers turn to love.

And when you're in the mood, what's more convenient than to set your sights on a comely coworker?

To take the romantic temperature of today's workplace, Vault.com brings you the 2001 Vault Office Romance Survey. Read on to find out how many of your coworkers have been struck by Cupid's arrow - and what they're doing about it.


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See what employers do when office romance is discovered






We asked employees to tell us about their office romance experiences - who initiated it, who knew about it, what the repercussions were and more.


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We all hear stories about the conference room, the copy room, and of course, the boss's office. But how often are employees actually staging trysts in the office, and where? Our survey has the inside scoop.


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What are the repercussions for an employer who dates a subordinate, and who usually initiates that type of office romance? Our employers tell us what they think - and also tell us about their own experiences.


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Sure you may think it's a secret, but then again, maybe the whole office knows. We asked employers and HR professionals to let us in on their secrets of how they discovered about office romances, and what they did about them.



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What do employers and employees think defines an unacceptable office romance? Are certain employees, say, interns, off limits? Find out what our survey takers say.


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 Employer results





Are the long hours of investment bankers the catalyst for many office romances, or are schmoozy advertising execs more prone to . We asked our survey takers which industries generate the most hanky panky.


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 Employer results


VAULT EXCLUSIVES


 2001 Office Romance Survey Analysis
Where are the most popular places to sneak a few moments of workday affection? How many managers admit to dating their subordinates? Read the quick scoop on the results of the Vault 2001 Office Romance Survey.



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Work and Love: Both Four Letter Words
The tsars and tsarinas of workplace romance offers words of wisdom to the lovestricken (and their managers) on how to handle common love-related issues.



Talk about your office romance,
lack thereof, or problems with overzealous lovebirds in your office on the Vault Office Romance Message Board.



Dennis Powers
The author of The Office Romance: Playing with Fire without Getting Burned, has some hot tips for surviving a romance with a colleague. Listen to the clips.