Rule prohibiting staff relationships

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Glow

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Rule Suggestion: Prohibiting Staff Relationships and Forbidding Unfair Hiring
I believe that there should be a rule that prohibits staff relationships as well as forbids staff or managers to hire people they're dating. You may think staff couples are cute, but oftentimes it interferes with their professionalism and results in favoritism. I've witnessed managers date their staff members as well as staff date other staff and it does not work out well.

Why should this be a rule?
  • Staff relationships promote favoritism
  • Relationship issues can end up interfering with their work
  • It can result in fires for personal rather than professional reasons
  • Detrimental people can be hired merely because they're in a relationship with a staff member or manager
When I was a staff member I witnessed favoritism between a manager and a staff member because they were in a relationship. I won't name names, but I will give examples of things that happened during this time.
  1. Other staff members were jealous of the staff member
  2. The staff member was promoted quickly
  3. The staff member's opinion had more merit than others
  4. The manager and staff member gossiped about other staff members as well as players
  5. The staff member was given more opportunities
  6. The staff member was involved decision making even though they weren't a manager
  7. Although the staff member's activity decreased, they were never called out or fired
  8. The staff member was never called out for their mistakes
  9. The staff member was not fired for breaking a staff rule
  10. The staff member had more authority over other staff members, even though they were the same rank as the others
This might be a controversial opinion, but I believe it'd benefit the staff teams and would be a step towards removing favoritism.
 
I support this idea mostly because I have witnessed it between two current staff members while I was managing EN. Everything you state reflects on their relationship perfectly along with events that occurred within the EN Staff team because of their relationship.
/support
 
I support this. Staff members dating other staff members, especially if the staff members have a significant difference in roles, only causes problems. /support
 
I do agree with some points you make & other points I disagree with. Some points you make are logical but in my honest opinion even if this were implemented I’m sure this wouldn’t stop people. Plus a rule preventing a staff member to date another doesn’t seem too reasonable to me. Most people start dating others due to them working with them and bonding with them since they’re working as co-workers. I’m also seeing some contradicting comments too. To me the only issue regarding dating & favoritism is if an admin were to date someone in their staff that’s a lower rank. Since they’re the only one who can really do something to consider it favoritism. I don’t see a problem with it being it other staff that are like a mod dating a funcorp, etc because what can they do that makes a difference to be classified as favoritism?
 

Jiane

EN Sentinel & Mapcrew
Sentinel
Map Crew
/halfsupport
I also agree with Kye.
 

Wenis

Shaman
/support

staff on miceforce is notorious for being opinionated due to favoritism, and relationships only emphasize that further. if it’s considered a job, relationships don’t need to be involved in the “workplace”
 

Glow

Pingless
I do agree with some points you make & other points I disagree with. Some points you make are logical but in my honest opinion even if this were implemented I’m sure this wouldn’t stop people. Plus a rule preventing a staff member to date another doesn’t seem too reasonable to me. Most people start dating others due to them working with them and bonding with them since they’re working as co-workers. I’m also seeing some contradicting comments too. To me the only issue regarding dating & favoritism is if an admin were to date someone in their staff that’s a lower rank. Since they’re the only one who can really do something to consider it favoritism. I don’t see a problem with it being it other staff that are like a mod seating a funcorp, etc because what can they do that makes a difference to be classified as favoritism?
Generally the biggest issues come from management relationships but staff relationships can be pretty problematic as well. There was a staff couple that tried to get each other fired when they broke up.
 
Generally the biggest issues come from management relationships but staff relationships can be pretty problematic as well. There was a staff couple that tried to get each other fired when they broke up.
Management, id understand where you’re coming from but I don’t think that this rule would be added. Prohibiting relationships (dating wise) between players / or their staff seems like a stretch. And in the end it won’t stop favoritism because as I said earlier it will still happen. To me there is really no way to stop favoritism, it all depends on the person. Regarding non-management staff trying to get each other fired after a break up between them, that seems like something management would have to deal with. If it’s obvious that they’re trying to get each other fired tell them to cut it out, or leave / be removed from the team. I don’t think staff should have to suffer because of what “x” amount of couples have rone

X - Subsitute for amount of couples
 
Management, id understand where you’re coming from but I don’t think that this rule would be added. Prohibiting relationships (dating wise) between players / or their staff seems like a stretch. And in the end it won’t stop favoritism because as I said earlier it will still happen. To me there is really no way to stop favoritism, it all depends on the person. Regarding non-management staff trying to get each other fired after a break up between them, that seems like something management would have to deal with. If it’s obvious that they’re trying to get each other fired tell them to cut it out, or leave / be removed from the team. I don’t think staff should have to suffer because of what “x” amount of couples have rone

X - Subsitute for amount of couples
You wouldn't have to tell staff to cut it out if the rule was implemented in the first place.
 
You wouldn't have to tell staff to cut it out if the rule was implemented in the first place.
But as I said I don’t think what x amount of couples have done should affect staff. It’s called being mature. As a staff member you have to be mature no matter the situation. There shouldn’t need to be a rule for this in my opinion.
 

Glow

Pingless
Management, id understand where you’re coming from but I don’t think that this rule would be added. Prohibiting relationships (dating wise) between players / or their staff seems like a stretch. And in the end it won’t stop favoritism because as I said earlier it will still happen. To me there is really no way to stop favoritism, it all depends on the person. Regarding non-management staff trying to get each other fired after a break up between them, that seems like something management would have to deal with. If it’s obvious that they’re trying to get each other fired tell them to cut it out, or leave / be removed from the team. I don’t think staff should have to suffer because of what “x” amount of couples have rone

X - Subsitute for amount of couples
It's not really intended to completely remove favoritism but it will help. Also, it's not really a punishment because most real life workplaces forbid staff member relationships because it interferes with work. Love and business are a bad mix, it's a universal truth.

But as I said I don’t think what x amount of couples have done should affect staff. It’s called being mature. As a staff member you have to be mature no matter the situation. There shouldn’t need to be a rule for this in my opinion.
And you can expect young people to try to be mature about relationship and breakups, but these are teenagers. As much as we'd like to convince ourselves that we're mature enough to aptly handle these relationships in professional ways, we're usually not. Emotions are powerful and I've seen them take control and overpower the rationality of many people
 

Thermostat

Little Mouse
I completely agree with Kye

Quick question, if that rule was put into place, would the current couples have to break up or quit? I personally think making them to either of those is cruel. Just my thoughts.
 

Glow

Pingless
I completely agree with Kye

Quick question, if that rule was put into place, would the current couples have to break up or quit? I personally think making them to either of those is cruel. Just my thoughts.
It could slowly be implemented because I do agree with that. I don't think there are very many staff relationships at the moment though.
 

Thermostat

Little Mouse
Ah ok
 
yea but miceforce staff is incapable of being mature in every situation because you’re all children and don’t think about ur actions. this wouldn’t have to be posted if maturity wasn’t an issue
I assume this was regarding the “be mature about the break / situation”. Yes indeed everyone isn’t mature but then they will have to face the consiquences of trying to get someone fired because they did it at their own risk.
And you can expect young people to try to be mature about relationship and breakups, but these are teenagers. As much as we'd like to convince ourselves that we're mature enough to aptly handle these relationships in professional ways, we're usually not. Emotions are powerful and I've seen them take control and overpower the rationality of many people
Wouldn’t love count as an emotion. Therefore making it powerful. I don’t think we should be mixing a mouse game & real life work together revolving the regulations because I clearly see many differences between that. As I said above you’re expected To be mature but if you aren’t and seen trying to get x fired you’ll have to deal with the consequences of trying to get one of your teammates fired for no real reason.
 
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