Why I Chose To Keep My Office Romance A Secret

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Nov 7 · 5 min read

By Sadhbh O’Sullivan

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This week, McDonald’s CEO Steve Easterbrook was fired for having a relationship with an employee, which though consensual was against the company’s policy. The ‘no office romance’ policy is far from unusual — more than 75% of companies ban relationships between an employee and someone in their chain of command, while other companies enforce a total ban on sexual…

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