I guess it depends on what level of depression you have. If you have true depression, it will prevent you from doing anything. It feels like I have no will to live at all but something in me still forces me to get up every day and drive myself to work. The point is, depression is something you don't want to have in the workplace, period. However, it is bearable, I suppose, to work at a office type job like what I have where you just sit at a computer all day typing or reading. It really depends on the person. For me, I cannot do anything involving any sort of human interaction. I barely get by where I am because we do still have to interact, but most times I can just hand papers to my co-workers without having to talk to them.