My boss likes him and he's add some limited value (likes to pick and choose his tasks, and avoid the difficult work--I have gotten stuck doing a lot of things that should have been assigned to him). Our office is new and our boss has been very distracted & busy setting things up, so she really hasn't been able to "manage" us. That said, I think she's starting to figure him out. With any luck, he'll decide that he's not being treat fairly and leave (he's always threatening to do so...).