Audiences need a resolution that respects the workplace. Does the couple leave the company together to start a business? Does one transfer to a different city? Does the relationship burn down so spectacularly that the entire department gets restructured? Ambiguity is allowed, but cowardice is not.
To maintain a healthy balance between human connection and professional integrity, the following protocols are recommended:
Even a perceived power imbalance can destroy careers. If a junior employee dates a senior one, the junior’s accomplishments are forever suspect. “Did she get the raise because of merit or the relationship?” This doubt is a career poison that no romance novel adequately solves.
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