Since it's the month of love — let's also talk about love at the workplace

A sensitive, controversial and judged topic. But who is there to judge love? Who reserves that right? Love comes first. It is sovereign.

Still, it can be harmful at the workplace. It can bring tensions, conflicts of interest, or the absorption of a partner's tensions which — layered over your own — become harder to manage.

Of course, not every workplace romance creates complications. Some are more harmless than others. Like everything in this world, workplace love falls on a spectrum of complexity.

For the harmless ones, we can simply be happy. For those that cause discomfort, though, we tend to judge. And often, rightly so. Still, this phenomenon has been, is, and will remain present — regardless of how strictly it is regulated in each organization, love happens when love wants to happen.

The wisest thing would be for anyone who experiences the joy of falling in love at the office to stay clear-headed and decide in a way that allows the new relationship, the existing jobs, and the colleagues to coexist. Office romance has more spectators, which puts more pressure on the relationship — which is precisely why many couples who want to build something together decide to separate professionally.

I wish you courage in love and clarity in decisions.