Poll: 12% of employees have sex at work

Co-workers are more attractive in some industries, such as fashion modelling (pictured here) and maybe plumbing. (AP Photo)

Co-workers are more attractive in some industries, such as fashion modelling (pictured here) and maybe plumbing. (AP Photo)

Work is supposed to be about bringing home the bacon, not making it. But 12 percent of U.S. employees did not get that memo, according to Glassdoor, an online” jobs and career community” that occasionally likes to steam up the windows.

About 1,000 anonymous cubicle dwellers were polled. Here’s some of the findings:

  • Twelve percent admit to “making love” in the workplace. There’s no telling how many would have admitted to “making lust.”
  • Twenty-two percent say that while they have not “made love” in the workplace, they have thought about doing it, probably after watching a Spanish soap opera.
  • Forty-percent believe their co-workers have “made love” in the workplace. These are likely the same people that think you took the last cup of coffee.
  • Eighteen percent admit they are attracted to at least one of their co-workers, which tells me people aren’t drinking enough at work.
  • The majority (54%) say most office romances end with some or a lot of “awkwardness” at work. This is probably a reference to the serial “high fives” taking place near the water cooler.
  • More than one-third (37%) have been involved with a co-worker romantically. This figure is undoubtedly higher in some industries, such as long-haul trucking and professional sports.

40 comments Add your comment

Richard

February 28th, 2013
1:16 pm

My wife and I work together (was married to her long before we started a business). Now I don’t get any at home or work!

JASon

February 28th, 2013
1:24 pm

“Must have at least three in the nose, several in the lip…gag”

I must say I was thinking the same thing.

Relationship Expert

February 28th, 2013
1:32 pm

I must be getting old. We just rate women by their wattage (IQ): 100, 75, 60, 40,10, or 2. Lots of dim bulbs in my work space!

Office Worker

February 28th, 2013
1:40 pm

I thought the percentage would have been higher due to sex on the job for promotions. It’s a lot of that going on.

rum

February 28th, 2013
1:42 pm

Bring on the lot lizards. They should count.

Scooter

February 28th, 2013
1:45 pm

you must be joking. maybe when i was younger and i could bend over and touch my ankles, but not today. I’m afraid I might fart.

Charlie Sheen

February 28th, 2013
2:14 pm

Whats the statistic for more than one fling at work? haha

Young Boy

February 28th, 2013
2:16 pm

Did the people at GlassDoor poll their own employees?

Prez Obozo

February 28th, 2013
2:22 pm

If it was supposed to be with the blonde Goth subculture it would never come to be. I would run from her in a dark alley…..

CJ

February 28th, 2013
2:24 pm

DJ Toooo funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!