Love in the workplace: no fewer than 55 (!) couples at Dominiek Savio

And most of them also got to know each other on the work floor.

55 couples on the work floor

It was trial and error to get the 55 couples on the picture for the festive start of an original Valentijn. 55 couples work in Dominiek Savio and Mariasteen in Gits. Or of seven percent of the employees, their partner also works in the group.

-You are a competitor of Tinder? “I think we don’t need technology here. That people find each other. That in committing themselves together to create more opportunities with and for people, they find a common commitment there,” says Philip Vanneste, director of non-profit organization Dienstcentrum Gid( t)s.

“accepted immediately”

A careful flirt at the coffee machine, sending a message or a sultry slow at the staff party. There are many stories to collect. There was also more than just job satisfaction with Geert and Kurt. They have been married for 18 years now.

“I came to that. We ignored each other. We kind of put it in the black box that we knew each other until it came out that we were a couple. And we were always immediately accepted by everyone,” say Kurt Willem and Geert Braeckeveld.

Of course you don’t work for hours on end. Occasionally your gaze wanders to a colleague.

“I asked to meet and that’s how we got to know each other better. And that’s how it has grown systematically,” say Hannelore Glorieux, Sam Gheldof with daughter Noor.

Finding the love of your life at work. Kristel and Claude’s fire is still burning. Here it is mainly the hormones that played a role in their choices.

“But we don’t talk about bed. We’re not going to tell that. That’s just for the outside world to sleep. But there is no shortage in love,” say Claude Remmery and Kristel De Moes.

Campaign ‘Jobs With A Heart’

The management also presented the “Jobs with a heart” campaign today. Ideal for those looking for permanent work and who knows a partner.