Personnel

A few months ago, I was talked into serving on the personnel committee at church. The person I spoke to assured me that the committee rarely met. That proved to be the case until this week. Today will mark the fourth time in less than a week that we've had to meet. At issue: an office squabble between two individuals that has now exploded, with one resigning and the other one looking sure to be released.

Naturally, both persons are from 'church families,' meaning that far more people than the two are immediately affected by what has taken place. Furthermore, the person still on staff (for the moment) has managed to alienate everyone she has worked with. The spouse of this person is very ill--completely unable to work. We're looking at releasing a person responsible for the entire family income.

That makes me sick. The problem is, this person's behavior is so far beyond the bounds of what's acceptable that unless we hear something amazing today, we cannot allow the person to remain without resorting to gross negligence. Yuck.