It’s still a taboo topic for many, but 26% of men and 29% of women admit they have dated a coworker.
That’s according to the latest reading of an ongoing query by Comparably of more than 10,000 workers across the technology industry. The latest reading is as of Sept. 20.
By age
Thirty-two percent of workers aged 56 to 60 admitted to having dated a coworker while they worked at the same company. That was the highest rate among any age group.
The lowest rate was among workers 18 to 25, 23% of whom admitted to having dated a coworker. (Note: Data for age 61+ was excluded due to small sample size.)
By industry
Thirty-three percent of employees who work in operations selected “yes” when asked if they had ever dated a coworker they were working with at the time. Only 23% of employees in engineering said the same.
Women in operations and men in legal were most likely to report having dated a coworker (36% for both). Women in legal and men in engineering in were least likely to report the same (19% and 22%, respectively).
