Pros and cons aside, something in your gut is telling you that he's just not "up to snuff." These kinds of relationship just suck all around (in work as in rom

Pros and cons aside, something in your gut is telling you that he's just not "up to snuff." These kinds of relationship just suck all around (in work as in romance and friendships, etc). So it sounds like you've already made a decision. And the only thing to do at this point is to be as humane as possible about it. Being as it was your decision to hire him. And he's not incompetent (or a jerk) from what you're saying -- just not your long-term ideal.