Apparently 11% of your co-workers are having sex at work

If you think the worst thing your work mates are getting up to when the boss isn’t watching is a cheeky scroll of their Facebook feed, then think again because it turns out really quite a lot of them are slipping off to have sex. Oo er!

A new survey from Yellow Octopus has revealed that an astonishing 1 in 11 people are getting frisky in the stationary cupboard, while they’re meant to be, er, replenishing their post-it notes.

Researchers surveyed over 1,000 people about their in-office behaviour, and found that not only is sex at work totally happening, it’s happening WAY more than you might think.

While a saucy 11% admitted to having sex in the office with a co-worker, a further 4% said they’d got down and dirty with a non-employee ie smuggling someone in for some extra curricular activity. Cheeky!

Of those who got intimate in the office, 82% of women had sexual intercourse, compared to around two-thirds of men, who seemed fonder of oral sex than women.

While the majority were getting frisky when they’ve clocked off, around a third were brazenly going at it while they were meant to be working. Gives whole new meaning to the term ‘office perks’ eh?

And that’s not the only thing workers are getting up to on-the-clock because workplace solo sex is totally a thing too, it seems.

Earlier this year the idea of workers taking masturbation breaks at work was muted by a psychology professor as a “great way to relieve tension and stress.” But turns out workers aren’t waiting for the nod on getting an official masturbation break and are getting their self-love thrills when they can.

Whether they’ve slipped off to the loo or are sneakily getting their solo-kicks at their desk, 10% of people surveyed have done the deed in the office.

While more than 1 in 10 men admitted to on-the-clock masturbation, a significantly smaller 5% of women admitted joining the self-love workforce and carving out some one-on-one time between meetings.

Of those who’d partaken in some, er, stress relief, less than a quarter said it was a one-time occurrence, but 40% took matters into their own hands (literally!) at least half a dozen times over the course of their career.

Most of those who masturbated at work were left feeling excited or rebellious, but a few went back to their desk feeling embarrassed or uncomfortable.

Your company might well have a policy banning employees from watching porn at work, but turns out employees are more likely to be creating their own performance with workers being more likely to wank at work than watch porn, as just 3% of women and 11% of men admit to watching naughty stuff in the office.

But while getting down and dirty at work might seem like an ideal way to ease the boredom of an overflowing in-tray, it is worth considering that getting off while you’re clocking on remains pretty risky.

14% of those who’d had sex at work were caught, and 79% of people believe that masturbating at work should be a sack-able offence.

So if you want to hold onto your job, it might be worth holding out til you’ve actually left the office. Or people really might start to wonder why you need to re-stock your post-it notes, again!

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