Letters to the Editor
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Re: But What Happens When You Get Married?
I’ve heard of companies that have ‘no fraternization’ clauses – but if they don’t have that kind of thing written in the employee manual for all to read you and your hubby were fired unfairly. And really – that strikes me as very old-fashioned and overly intrusive. I’d never accept a job that had so many rules (and I suspect that’s why we don’t see them so much anymore).
Right now we’ve got a married couple working for my company. My boss is living with a VP from a client’s office and another co-worker is dating a vendor. In the past I’ve worked at the same company with my husband. I even once worked for a start-up where the two partners were involved (we kept that one on the down low so we’d get funding more easily). And I could gossip about various workplace affairs all day.
Something that I do deal with a lot that is always upsetting is stalkers. You’d be shocked how many women have them. Just about every job I’ve ever had some woman has knocked on my door with a photo of some guy and a copy of her restraining order. I’ve got an especially scary story about one of those guys trying to bust in to our office. When faced with dangers like that a little kissy-face is nothing to concern your self with.