Thailand Dating

Thailand’s Office Romance Poll Revealed:

47.2% of Thai Professionals Find Love at Work, and

33% of Those Who Are Not Single Have Considered Cheating with a Coworker

 

June 2024: High-end matchmaking company Bangkok Matching conducted a survey titled “When Hearts Beat at Work,” gathering data from over 500 working adults. The survey aimed to explore the development of relationships between coworkers in Thailand, including romantic and life partner connections, to understand how modern working adults experience workplace romances and their perspectives on such relationships in the current era. It also examined whether spending 9-10 hours a day together leads to workplace infidelity and its prevalence.

 

The survey by Bangkok Matching, Thailand’s leading high-end matchmaking company, included 49% female, 34.4% male, and 16.6% LGBTQA+ respondents. Participants ranged from 21-year-old first-jobbers to adults nearing retirement age of 60, ensuring a broad representation of working generations. The majority, 75.4%, were working adults from Bangkok.

 

Survey Results Confirm: 47.2% of Employees Have Experienced Romantic Relationships at Work

 

Preliminary findings show that 80% of the respondents were “company employees,” followed by freelancers and business owners. These participants shared their experiences of dating coworkers or office mates. Nearly half of the respondents indicated they had engaged in or were currently in a romantic relationship with a coworker:

• 52.8% have never had a romantic relationship with a coworker.
• 47.2% have had or are currently in a romantic relationship with a coworker.

 

Additional Survey Findings

 

The survey also revealed the duration of workplace relationships as follows:

• 42.1% of relationships lasted more than a year.
• 36.6% of relationships resulted in marriage or family formation.
• 9.4% of relationships lasted less than a year.

 

These results indicate that workplace relationships have the potential to develop into long-term commitments and serious partnerships in the future.

 

 

Third-Party Perspectives on Workplace Relationships

 

Among the working adults surveyed, 92.1% acknowledged having witnessed romantic relationships among coworkers, considering it a fairly common occurrence. Their feelings towards these situations were as follows:

• 51.9% felt happy for their colleagues.
• 26.7% were indifferent.
• 21.4% disapproved.

 

Infidelity in the Workplace

 

In addition to single employees forming relationships with other single coworkers, some “non-single” employees also seek extramarital relationships at work.

 

• 33.5% of non-single working adults admitted to feeling “tempted to cheat” in the workplace.

 

While 66% of those already in relationships did not feel the urge to cheat with a coworker, 33.5% admitted to having felt tempted to cheat with a coworker at some point. Some have even acted on these temptations.

 

The survey found that those who cheat in the workplace often do so with the following individuals:

 

• 51.4% with a colleague.
• 18.6% with a supervisor.
• 17.1% with a subordinate.
• 10% with an intern they supervise or assist.

 

Most infidelity occurs with colleagues due to frequent interaction and ease of developing hidden relationships. Following colleagues, the next most common individuals involved are supervisors, subordinates, and interns. The survey also revealed that 52.9% of those who cheat with coworkers prefer meeting outside the office.

 

Popular Meeting Places Outside the Office

• Restaurants: 38%
• Condos or homes: 89%
• Shopping malls: 45%
• Coffee shops: 96%
• Cinemas: 96%
• Hotels: 96%
• Others (e.g., bars, out-of-town, overseas): 91%

 

Success Rates of Relationships Originating from Infidelity

 

The likelihood of workplace affairs developing into serious, long-term relationships is significantly lower compared to relationships between two single individuals. Only 4.3% of relationships that began as infidelity developed into serious partnerships, with most lasting no more than a year.

 

Conclusion

 

The survey concludes that romantic relationships among coworkers are common and generally accepted by the majority of working adults in Thailand. However, the success rate of developing long-term relationships from workplace affairs is lower than that of relationships between two single individuals.