He's a good programmer whom you and your colleagues don't like, and by the sound of it he doesn't like you either. The solution I'd recommend is to have him wor

He's a good programmer whom you and your colleagues don't like, and by the sound of it he doesn't like you either. The solution I'd recommend is to have him working from home. Put him on a contract basis or whatever if that's what you have to do to clear it with the bureaucracy, but you should arrange things so you get the results he delivers without having to see his face.