55% of Employees Have Dated - or Would Date - the Boss, Vault Releases Results from Second-Annual Workplace Romance Survey.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 21, 2001 Considered by some to be a workplace taboo, a surprising 22% of employees surveyed by Vault, the Insider Career Network(TM), said that they have dated their boss or a superior, while another 35% that said they would do so if the opportunity arose. In the just released Vault Survey of Office Romance An office romance, work romance, or corporate affair is a romance that occurs between two people who work together in the same office, work location, or business. It tends to breach nonfraternization policies and is a foreseeable business expense. , Vault surveyed 419 employees to uncover their attitudes and practices surrounding the issue of romance in the workplace. HR professionals take note: 22% of the employees that have been romantically involved with their boss or another superior reported that the boss initiated the relationship, while a daring 17% said that they initiated the relationship. Sixty-one percent said that the decision was mutual. About Vault, Inc. Vault, Inc. is a leading new media company focused on careers, the workplace and jobs. Vault's primary offering is an online resource, www.vault.com, which offers detailed "insider" information on over 3,000 companies and 70 industries as well as the much-praised Electronic WaterCooler(TM), the Internet's first-ever network of expert-moderated message boards for professionals. Offline, Vault offers nine nationally distributed print books, a syndicated newspaper column, and networking events on career and HR issues. For hiring managers and recruiters, Vault operates EmployerVault(TM), a comprehensive online resource featuring top-quality HR content, message boards, job listings, a resume database, and a one-click job posting service that allows users to post on multiple job boards with one account. Vault was founded in 1997 by Hussam Hamadeh, Samer Hamadeh, and Mark Oldman Mark Stanford Oldman (1969- ) is an American entrepreneur and wine personality. In 1997, Oldman founded Vault.com, formerly Vault Reports, a popular recruitment company. He is co-president and director of Vault. , together recently named to the "Silicon Alley An area in New York that has become known for its companies devoted to multimedia and the Internet. It is located in Manhattan's "Soho" district, which does not stand for Small Office Home Office, rather it is SOuth of HOuston Street. 100: New York's 100 Most Influential Internet Executives." The company's investors include Hollinger Capital, The Kuwait Fund, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Investment Fund, American Lawyer Media ALM (formerly American Lawyer Media), is a leading integrated media company, focused on the legal and real estate communities. ALM owns and publishes 33 national and regional magazines and newspapers focused on the legal and real estate communities, including , Ingram Book Group, DB Alex Brown Alex Brown may refer to:
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