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Dear Quota Team

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I'm in a bit of an awkward scenario. I'm not writing in for sales advice per se, but my problem has to do with my job. I was out on a date night with my wife earlier this year at a nice restaurant. I noticed that my sales manager was there eating dinner with one of the younger women on our sales team. It was a Saturday night, so I doubt this was a work-related meeting. 

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Ever since then, I've been watching their interactions in the office. We're all required to work from the office, but she seems to just pop in for important meetings and then leaves. There aren't any obvious signs of flirting in the office, but she has been climbing to the top of the leaderboard in the last few months. She was never a top seller and I suspect that she's getting favoritism with some good leads with big accounts. This is really bothering me. Should I tell HR? Dating in the workplace, especially a subordinate, is definitely a fireable offense at my company. I don't want to ruin this guy's (or girl’s) career but I don't want to just sit by and do nothing.

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Contemplating in New Jersey 

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Dear Contemplating,

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We would advise against complaining to HR. You don’t have any actual proof they’re in an unprofessional relationship, and if they know you saw them out, and they find out someone complained, it won’t take a private investigator to figure out who it was. Focus on closing deals, and ignore distractions outside of your control.