How do you deal with favoritism at work?

Question

I work with a girl who is treated like a queen at work. My boss is mean and nasty to everyone except her. She walks on water and is perfect in his eyes.

He constantly tells her "good job" and "you are efficient." She says Thank You. Yet, he yells at me and others in front of her.

I tell myself in my mind that she is "Miss Perfect" and feel bad when I am around her. She makes herself feel important and defends herself by saying she is doing so much work. I try to ignore that.

I don't know how to deal with the fact that she is "perfect" in the boss's eyes and everyone else is treated poorly. I also don't know how to deal with the fact that in my mind when I see her I keep saying "Miss Perfect."

Answer 1

You can not do anything about it except just ignore it. You cant argue with your boss, not unless you looked and was hired for another job and about to leave this favoritism in the company. Or look at it in the bright side, at least it's not only you whom he's yelling at, all of you except her.

Answer 2

Everyone deals with this junk at work. Maybe she isn't 'Miss Perfect' but actually performing unspeakable favors for the boss. Or maybe she really is Miss Perfect. Perhaps she's just polite to the boss when others are not. Who knows, but if you're doing your job as you should it doesn't matter. If you think it does then you should determine why it upsets you so much and improve yourself so you're not so annoyed by this.

I have found that manipulating situations at work to make myself look better in the boss's eyes is an uphill and unfulfilling battle which never gets me as far as I think it should. A better choice is to set some personal goals at work. Things like higher productivity. Always being on time, and not leaving until the day is done. These types of goals will not fix short-term favoritism problems but they will build you a longer-term advantage. I've learned that bosses, managers and co-workers come and go, but I always have to contend with myself.

Answer 3

leave the company or just shut up about it
I know,i have been there and it took me 4 yrs and 8 months of stress leave,to make me realize,it will always be the same way
I worked with a girl like that,except she went one step further,she ratted on me on everything,regardless of how unimportant it was,and not only did i have to be the one to explain myself,because she was perfect,she got me written up
Nothing i did would change my bosses opinion because she was favoured too much
so in closing,save yourself grief,stress and aggravation and leave
There is tons of places out there and i found a really good place
Don't wait 4 yrs like i did.
I got blamed for everything because she said so