Losing my Office Husband

I'm a little upset at my job today, my office husband, "oh", has decided to quit.

To be honest, I was hoping he would have done it a long time ago for his own sake.  He is over worked, under paid, under appreciated, and waaay too talented for this office.  But that's what happens when you work for The State, and a small office.  Instead of utilize the talents and ideas of the staff, our director and her friend would rather spend hundreds of thousands of dollars hiring a marketing firm that doesn't even do their job.  When "oh" tries to tell them this, and gives them examples of what the marketing firm is and isn't doing, they just tell him he doesn't know what he is talking about.  In all reality they are the ones that have NO CLUE what they are talking about, or what they are doing.  "oh" has been working in our office for a few years now, his duties have increased 10 fold, while his pay has not.  He didn't mind so much before because he was promised a full time better paying job over and over, and he simply liked the work (at one point he was even working for free).  Now they are unwilling to give him even half of the pay that he should be making, and still continue to second guess everything he does.  They want the marketing firm to do everything, then when they screw it up the Director expects "oh" to fix it!

Well, he finally has had enough, and is going to leave today.  I am super sad, because I am losing one of my best friends in the office, my "office husband", and the only person anywhere near my age.  But I am happy that he is putting himself first, and going to go out and try to find a position where he will be appreciated, listened to, and appropriately paid.

Once again, The State is wasting money, losing good workers, and alinating their staff.  Way to go OPA and CA!  Way to go!