Do you know how to deal with a 'work spouse'?
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The idea of a "work spouse" is nothing new. Workers have long been working overtime, especially during the recession. Now many co-workers spend more time together than they do with their own friends and families. Eventually these colleagues begin to resemble platonic significant others rather than cubicle neighbors.
In a 2008 survey, CareerBuilder found that 11 percent of workers said they had a work spouse. A work spouse is a co-worker with whom you share a relationship that resembles a normal marriage, except there's no romance behind it. As another survey by The Capitvate Network's Office Pulse points out, an office spouse can be of the same sex or the opposite sex. These are the co-workers they spend the day instant messaging, texting and emailing -- sometimes even on the weekends.
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What's up with this work spouse thing?
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