Workplace Boundaries Quotes

There's a guy I used to pay to work with me who'd call me 'kiddo.' I said, 'There's nothing that justifies you expressing that to me, your boss.'

I haven't had time to think about a relationship! I literally have not had a boyfriend in almost five years. I've never even hooked up with anybody I've worked on a movie with.

There needs to be a demarcation between personal and professional lives.

People have told me, 'You shouldn't bring your daughter onto the podium, 'cause it's the workplace,' and things like that. But I'm not gonna really listen to that. I'm gonna do what I think is fun for me and my family, and everything'll be all right.

I'm always afraid that I'm being unprofessional, yet I continue to sign all my e-mails 'xoxo.'

If you're an employer, you want to hire an employee who'll do their job, not do your bidding.

It's not up to the employer to decide or to figure out what religious problems you may have as an employee. In other words, if I'm inquiring about your religious peculiarities or whatever they may be, I'm invading your privacy about that.

As the director, you cannot control what people do after hours or in their trailers or on break. Why would you want to? But you can't.

It can feel like an invasion of privacy, involving an employer in a personal matter.

Have some sort of a private place to work in. Put up a sign to keep from being interrupted. Mine says: "Please, do not knock, do not say hello or goodbye, do not ask what's for dinner, do not disturb me unless the police or firemen have to be called."

I'm here to work.. not to like or dislike people. Neither am I here to win a Miss Congeniality competition. I maintain professional relations with my co-stars.

Dear, never forget one little point. It's my business. You just work here.

When it comes to turning the other cheek, I draw the line at bosses.

... No, the office is one thing, and private life is another. When I go into the office, I leave the Castle behind me, and when I come into the Castle, I leave the office behind me.

I think any man in business would be foolish to fool around with his secretary. If it's somebody else's secretary, fine.

The vast majority of my job is, and should be done, in the state of Indiana.

A lot of executives act like their time is worth more than anyone else's. But I always respect an employee who guards his or her time, even from me.

I had to take my makeup off at work every night. I wasn't allowed to do it at home because my mom said that when your work day is done, you're done with work.

A fellow and his business should be bosom friends in the office and sworn enemies out of it.

It's weird to have to look at another co-worker and have a silent discussion - any discussion - about how you are going to touch their genitals or allow them to touch your genitals.

I don't believe that employers should have access to an employee's private passwords, including Facebook.

In my opinion butlers ought To know their place, and not to play The Old Retainer night and day.

Maintaining boundaries is hard. That's why I strongly prefer the physical separation of work and home.

Actors always talk about taking their work home and I always think: 'What are you on? You just turn it off. You are at work and then you go home.'

I have kissed all the girls I worked with! I'm just a very affectionate person, I love to hug and kiss people I care about. It was taken the wrong way in tabloids, and people insinuated all kinds of things. I called her to tell her what happened, but unfortunately, this was one of the things that stopped our relationship.