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For many employees, love isn’t just in the air this Valentine’s Day — it’s waiting for them in their Slack channel.
Since the shift to remote work, 86% of employees say it has been significantly easier to form romantic connections in the workplace, according to a recent study from resume building platform Zety. In fact, 62% admit to have recently initiated a romantic or flirtatious message to a colleague via a remote work platform, and 27% have been on the receiving end.
Paola Peralta is an Associate Editor at Employee Benefit News and has been with the team for five years. She is a proud UCF journalism graduate who got her start through a Dow Jones News Fund … Read full bio
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