And I think he's asking you: what should he do then since you're judging that the work he's doing isn't valuable? Impact and importance are judgement calls. Y

And I think he's asking you: what should he do then since you're judging that the work he's doing isn't valuable? Impact and importance are judgement calls. You're already making the judgement that the work he's doing isn't valuable, finish it up and judge what he should do.