> Lying at work is just about the only thing I'll always fire somebody for. I'd like to say I second this, but I have to weigh the value of the employee and th

> Lying at work is just about the only thing I'll always fire somebody for. I'd like to say I second this, but I have to weigh the value of the employee and the size of the lie. For instance, calling in "sick" the Monday after the super bowl. Is 8 hours of PTO so this person can recover from an obviously self-inflicted hangover and not a random "sickness" worth losing a team lead on a project? (Yes, I consider calling a hangover a "sickness" as dishonest.)