‘Things were falling apart’: Team lead refuses to work during busiest shift after boss 'plays favorites' between her and other employees, leaving the entire department high and dry

'Favoritism' is a word people love to throw around regarding all kinds of aspects of life. Usually, you would hear it either in family-related disputes or work-related dramas.

When it comes to family, we all probably have experienced favoritism. Our parents can claim they don't have a favorite child, but we all know that's not the case. They always have a favorite, and they reveal it with small (or sometimes big) gestures towards the favorite child, and the rest of us simply learn to deal with it. Some brave children might confront their parents about it, but usually to no avail.

In work, the favoritism might be a bit more concealed. Bosses pick and choose a favorite employee based on specific merits they are most drawn to, and they show it in a way that is just obvious enough for the rest of the employees to pick up on. Being a spectator of work-related favoritism is annoying, but unfortunately, there is not much you can do about it, unless you plan on confronting your boss as well.

In the story below, the workplace favoritism was crystal clear, so one brave employee decided to do something about it

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This type of workplace favoritism is actually the worst. Because it wasn't as if the boss chose a favorite based on the skills of her employees, she chose favorites because she simply hired her friend for the job. So when it got to the point where the favoritism got in the way of the actual work, an annoyed employee decided to do something about it.
Keep scrolling to read what it was.
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"Employees should listen to your friend instead of the boss? Okay!"

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