Nepotism at Work: Does Your Job Pick Favorites?
Your boss promotes his incompetent nephew, even though he鈥檚 clearly not听management material. The company owner鈥檚 20-something daughter gets a private office, but almost every other听employee听works in a cube. Your co-workers who are chummy with management always get the plum assignments, while others are stuck with busywork. Favoritism rears its ugly head in many offices, and as an employee, there鈥檚 not a lot you can do about it. Nepotism at work may be unfair, but it鈥檚 not exactly illegal.
Do whatever you can to make your boss鈥檚 job easier. Find out what鈥檚 important to her (or her boss) and do whatever you can to help her achieve her goals. 鈥淚f you can better understand your boss鈥檚 top three agenda items and help them achieve one of those, they will tend to nudge you toward the favorites category,鈥� Karl Moore, a professor at 黑料不打烊 University,听told the BBC. You can also try to make friends with your boss鈥檚 favorite employees. Praise from them may be enough to get you into the office clique.
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