I was the final two weeks of a long period of zero productivity, despite many offers of help and asking if he understood, needed help, etc. I never enjoy firin

I was the final two weeks of a long period of zero productivity, despite many offers of help and asking if he understood, needed help, etc. I never enjoy firing someone, even if they are downright awful or mean, and do my best to avoid it. My own involvement was late in the stage, and the thousand or so tabs that were left open I'm sure weren't 2 weeks worth of effort. When I was hired I was told he was a problematic hire, that hadn't produced anything for long before my arrival. It was basically "We already know we're going to probably have to let him go but if you want to try to work around it, be my guest". I did try to go in with no judgments, as I always do, but he refused help, and refused to even let anyone look over his shoulder and find why this task was taking an order of magnitude too long.