From Going Concern:
Who says accounting isn't sexy? According to 2,274 total respondents to Vault's Office Romance Survey, 45% of accountants admitted to having participated in a workplace romance at some point in their career. After digging through the archives, we found that this is down a little bit from Vault's 2011 survey when 47% of accountants said they had gotten down with a colleague....MORE
Interestingly, the office romance taboo across all professions is less taboo than ever, reports Vault:
Indeed, the most striking statistic from this year's Vault Office Romance survey is that just 5 percent of respondents believe that no office romances are appropriate, down from 9 percent in 2011. Additionally, more respondents than ever (29%) are of the opinion that all romantic connections in the workplace are appropriate—including those between managers and their direct reports.You'll also want to know that 29% of respondents admitted to having a tryst in the office. Someone's obviously taking the "open, collaborative workspace" thing just a little too far....
And Adrienne did the entire story without a single Luca Pacioli double entendre.
