[tycho77]

I think there's more of a balance to be struck here. It's true people can be thrown for an emotional loop by their lives outside of work, and to persecute them for that will just make it worse. On the other hand, I have personally found that working with (and being around) depressed people is absolutely poisonous to my happiness and associated traits such as motivation and productivity.

Maybe that makes me selfish for wanting someone else to deal with the problem, but seriously. I don't want to deal with your problems. There are too many awesome people in the world that raise me up to heights to want to attach an anchor to my feet like that.

[anjc]

Yeah i get you, negativity can be infectious. But like i said, some bosses can deal with it well, some can't, but either way...firing people because of it is a silly solution.