"Well, I consider myself the eyes and ears of my superiors. If I pick up on something that affects the business, I'll give them a heads-up as soon as possible. It's better this way for everyone involved than waiting for them to discover it themselves. In this instance, there was a member of the team who was underperforming with unfortunate consistency. There'd been multiple conversations on this. On a day when this employee had called in sick, I had to track down some materials I'd loaned to them. Although I'm not proud of it, I went through their desk looking for it when I stumbled upon a bottle of booze and some drug paraphernalia. Although I was remiss to do so, I decided to bring it to the attention of the management. This resulted in the employee being let go. I felt bad about this as well, despite how much their behavior and life decisions were impacting the team's productivity. It's been a while since we've had those productivity issues, and in the end, it was a good thing for the department. I just hope that individual was able to turn their life around."