Workplace drama…

[Tinyyetsatisfying]

I discovered my colleague is having an affair with someone senior at work. I’m now in a position where I know too much, and it’s affecting my ability to function professionally. What should I do?

Unless you're romantically linked to one of them, why is it affecting your work?

This. Not your circus, not your monkeys surely?

This ^ just get on with your life/work

Don’t be so melodramatic.

Why is it affecting your ability to function professionally?

That's a very important point that you've forgotten to tell us.

how old are you, 12? unless they have threatened you or something equally sinister, get a fucking grip.

If they offer you a corporate ticket to Coldplay make sure you decline

ffs grow up

I can see lots of reasons why this affair might affect you, OP. Especially if you have any responsibility for allocating work or team-building etc that might involve them. Or any reporting to the senior person.

The only thing to do is to record it with someone. I would try to do that very very non-judgementally.

Stay out of it, head down, get to work!

If you feel you cant function professionally, you could resign.

Why cant you work because of it?

Unless they both have partners that you personally know or if they’re asking you to hide things, I really don’t see how it can affect you at work. I think you need to provide a bit more context here.

does it go against your religion? is that the reason?

speak to someone in confidence op

Is it affecting their ability to function professionally? Do you think there are workplace decisions being made about spending, projects, staff allocation etc that would be different if they were not having an affair? Are they unavailable in work time because they're skiving off to have sex, and it delays meetings or decisions? If things like that are definitely happening and you have evidence, then you could consider raising it formally, but you need to be clear that it is definitely affecting the function of work, and it's not just a spiteful complaint because you don't approve of their actions.

If you just don't like them having an affair, but they're still getting on with work as their roles demand, then you have to learn to live with it, or find a job elsewhere. But there will be people having affairs in almost every company, particularly if it's a large organisation, so you risk going from the frying pan into the fire - the difference is, you might not know about affairs on a new workplace.