The boss ain't your mommy

Recently, a new Female Employee joined the development team of a major company - a developer of business software solutions. Pretty soon, the Female Employee started dating their teammate, the Developer, but after some time broke up with him and began dating another Male Employee from the same team. The Developer is upset, can't focus on work, and misses deadlines for his tasks; he even arranged with the Manager to at least separate him and the Female Employee into different offices - but that didn't help either. It got to the point where the Developer stopped showing up to work, citing illness. A couple of days later, the Female Employee complained to the Manager about the Developer - he constantly messages her, distracts her from work, waits for her by the entrance, and generally doesn't leave her alone. She asks the Manager to talk to the Developer and somehow calm him down. The Manager is furious: there's a project deadline looming for a government client, the whole team is working tirelessly, and here they are, busy with this soap opera instead of work.

Pre-negotiation points:

Female Employee - fears for her professional and personal life. She doesn't want to leave the team. She wants the Manager to influence the Developer somehow.

Developer - wants to win back the Female Employee, doesn't care about work at all, tasks are not interesting. But he also doesn't want to be fired. He hopes the Manager will get in his shoes.

Manager - wants to get the Developer back on track, catch up on the Developer's task deadlines, and successfully deliver the project. Believes that employees should solve their personal problems themselves, rather than involving the manager.

Man Employee - jealous, ready to "deal with" the Developer "man to man."