Sentence 1: Russ is the boss at his company and has ten employees under him. 
 Sentence 3: He even slows down productivity among the others 
 Sentence 4:  Russ knew he had to put a stop to it soon before it got worse 
 Sentence 5:  Russ fired him on the spot and it made everyone else work harder 
 Option 1: They were the best employees he had ever known. 
 Option 2: One of his staff members is always lazy and talks too much.