According to Vault.com’s 2008 Office Romance Survey, 48% of respondents have

known a married colleague to have an affair with someone at the office. In addition, 40%

know of a married or seriously involved co-worker who had a romantic liaison with

someone other than their partner while on a business trip.

“We all knew her husband, and it made us extremely uncomfortable,” said one

respondent. Another stated, “A married manager had an affair with a young trainee.” At

one workplace, “It's equal opportunity. I would call it an even mix of male to female

cheaters.”

Vault’s Office Romance Survey was conducted in January, 2008 and consists of

responses from 945 employees representing various industries across the United States.

Workplace hook-ups among the single set are quite popular, too, as 82% of respondents

say they’ve known of an office romance between two co-workers, and 50% know of at

least one couple that went on to get married. As far as the respondents themselves, 46%

admit to having had an office romance, and 23% have had a romantic tryst at the actual

office. Places trysts occurred include the boardroom, the janitor’s closet, the break room,

a stairwell, the parking lot, the restroom, and the boss’ office.

True love ruled at the office for 20% of respondents; they met their spouses or long-term

significant others at work; 10% met their partners through co-workers. It’s not always a

match, however, as 43% of respondents say that someone at work has made an unwanted

advance toward them.

Vault is the leading media company focused on careers. Vault offers over 100 online and

features thousands of company and university profiles, information on hundreds of

occupations and industries, articles on a multitude of workplace topics, a network of

message boards for professionals with over 2,200,000 posts and jobs-related video, blogs

and research tools. Its clients include nearly 1,000 advertisers and recruiters, over 900

universities and graduate schools, and over 7,000,000 consumers worldwide. Maintaining

offices in New York, London, Mumbai, and Hong Kong, Vault was founded in 1996 by

Hussam Hamadeh, Samer Hamadeh, and Mark Oldman and recently received a majority

investment from Veronis Suhler Stevenson, a $5 billion private-equity firm focused on

media and communications.