Personally speaking, Ziva is one of Joey's favorite employees. As a boss, though, he as to draw a line. She's been slacking off at work and even got a poor performance review just days ago. He stops by her desk to have a quick talk about it and even as he walks up to her she's on her phone instead of getting work done.

Joey definitely doesn't wanna see her get fired because he does enjoy her as an employee. He lectures her about her performance because at the end of the day, HIS boss is the one that will make a decision on whether or not she stays on the team. He tries to talk some... Show more