Correctional Education Company's Errol Sull has compiled a list of suggestions for felons facing the often daunting search for work after doing time. The odds are increasing that one or more of your co-workers is a felon. Even your boss may have served time. I'd be OK about it.
Work is the best thing to get somebody back on track.
It would depend on the person and job. I'd have to see a lot of initiative and dependability. Couldn't hack it. I'd just never be comfortable knowing a co-worker had been convicted of a serious crime. A tight labor market and a record number of inmates being released from prisons have a lot to do with this.