thre you go Donnie;
actual rows 3, but the estimated rows is almost a quarter million.
run this for the three tables involved in this query:
UPDATE STATISTICS [dbo].[VW_DirectReports] WITH FULLSCAN ;
UPDATE STATISTICS [dbo].[VW_Departments] WITH FULLSCAN ;
UPDATE STATISTICS [dbo].[VW_Employee_Check_In_Status] WITH FULLSCAN ;
and consider adding an update statistics script to run more often that whatever is doing it now.
Lowell