Just wondering what to expect. Company is a somewhat large national company.

It depends on the company.

As a rule of thumb, at a minimum, most company policies will not tolerate any behavior that puts the company's profit at risk.

So this usually means they won't tolerate affairs between people who have a direct reporting relationship (i.e. one A partner is the other A partner's boss), because this can cause law suits (harrassment) or conflict of interests (someone gets promoted when they really shouldn't). That's usually the minimum.

I say it depends on the company, because some company cultures may look away or fail to enforce the policy, while others won't tolerate infidelity regardless of the circumstances.

Finally, regardless of an A or not, most company's policies forbid (or severely limit) the use of company assets or time for personal use. So if the A partners used company assets to further the A, (long distance phone calls, fake business trips, etc) or spend the bulk of their time at work hanging out rather than working, then the company will come down on them.

Finally, the punishment usually ranges anywhere from a warning to dismissal. Generally the punishment is based on how much the behavior "cost" the company.

Why the question? Are you debating whether to expose at a work place?

Affairs are a disruption to business as usual. Generally speaking if two company employees are engaging in an affair, neither one of them is focusing on their job responsibilities to optimum capicity.

Look at it this way, most companies are unwilling to allow spouses to work together so are certainly not inclined to condon illicit behavior in the work place.

I haven't seen any stats on this, but I'd bet that in most instances one affair partner is usually in a higher level postion that the other which is disruptive to good order and discipline.

Who

But don't count on it. My STBX's company didn't care that he and OW were having an A at work. They even allowed him to move his office closer to hers. This is a family run company who even had one of their (related) executives go to jail for sexual harassment (screwed a younger employee) and you would think they would not tolerate this kind of crap.

Nevertheless, expose the A there anyway.

Conventional wisdom always says, "oooh, no, no company would put up with employees having affairs in the workplace! Sexual harassment and all kinds of bad things would happen!"

Got news for ya - Sexual Harrassment only comes into play when there is UNWANTED attention.

UNWANTED.

Nobody can say it's UNWANTED when she's bending over in front of her boss and leaving the site with him for private two-hour lunches.

My husband has worked for a very large corporation for over 20 years and I can tell you, the company does not care AT ALL what the employees do as long as they get their work done.

In some ways, employees hooking up at work is good for business, because it makes them all real real happy to spend extra hours at work whenever that "special wonderful person" is going to be there, and real real happy to go on lengthy business trips because the company will pay for the two of them to dine out and go entertainment together - to say nothing of paying for them to stay in the same classy hotel together.

With no spouses EVER in sight, of course.

This is a HUGE HUGE perk for many employess (like my husband) and it's actually GOOD for business because it makes them so happy to stay at work and stay on the road.

They can't earn money for the company if they're wasting time at home with their families, now can they?

Your company may crack down on this, but don't count on it. As long as the infidels can show a profit margin, NOTHING ELSE MATTERS.

Nothing.
Mulan

I'd have to say this is probably the exception and not the rule. If my FWH worked for a company like the one above, I'd ask him to find a new job.

This company is doomed for failure in the long run. If they have already had one employee jailed? which is pretty unusual since sexual harrassment is usually a civil matter rather than a criminal one and still haven't wised up, they will have further turmoin when the affair ends and STBXH and OW can't stand the sight of each other.

Who

I have worked for two large corporations and neither would bother with dealing with an affair unless it was a boss/sub affair.
Frankly speaking, they are in the business of making money and unless, as someone pointed out, the bottom line is impacted...well, sorry.

The only place I have worked that would give a hoot about that was the PD...and even with that, it was more a matter of logistics than immoral behavior

It really is a shame that the BS can't get more support.

Well, like I said, it depends on the company.

Most companies are going to have policies against direct reports having an A.

But having a policy against A's and enforcing that policy are two different things.

It depends on the company.

FWIW, I work for a very large company and I've seen them enforce this policy. I've seen 2 instances, where both A partners were fired and 1 where only one of them was fired. In the later case, the single person in the A claimed to not know OM was M (don't know if true or not) and they weren't direct reports to each other.

It really depends on the company. I am on my second Fortune 500 company and at both, the affairee who was the highest management level was fired immediately. [one was escorted off the premises by a security guard] The subordinates in both incidents hung around for a short while and then quietly left.

I suspect my companies were afraid to fire the subordinate and may have written them up. However, the hostility from peers was likely very intense, which may have led to the subordinate's resignation.

In company #1, there was an absolute policy against fraternization; in my current company, dating is ok if the participants are a) unmarried and b) do not report to each other or work in the same dept.

They can't earn money if they're screwing at the office, either. That is certainly NOT getting any work done.

Mel's part time vocation...pistol packing corporate security!

<img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

<img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> **snort**

This was a direct reporting relationship. The OW was my H boss until he left the company because of affair about 6 weeks ago. HR director contavted me and said they will be looking into this. I called back and left a message that I would like a return call to update on the course of action taken.

And I personally have seen the proof; a photo of Melody Lane pointing a pistol at a helpless, adorable, tiny little kitten with its baby paws up in the air. Yep, that's just the kind of thing you can expect where she works! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

don't be dishing dirt on me, girl! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />

[p.s. "adorable" and "cat" are oxymorons! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> ]