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Favoritism by bosses.
I am a cashier at a restaurant. I work with a girl who is lazy, rude, and doesn't follow company procedure. She is never reprimanded. She didn't even show up for a mandatory meeting. She is somehow up for a promotion too. If I were to act like her I would be fired. What should I do. Her laziness means that I have to work even harder to keep everything going.
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Sadly, I think many of us have been in a similar situation to the one you are currently facing. For some reason or another, sometimes a boss just seems to have their pet employees. While I could speculate about the possible reasons why this happens, that really wouldn't do any good or change things.
The first thing I would do is decide how much it actually bothers you. Is it just an annoyance or has it come to the point that it's becoming unbearable. If it has come to that point or seems like it might get there, start looking for work elsewhere. They say it is always easier to find a job when you already have one.
No work place is perfect. You will always have some sort of problem or stress. This is just a fact of life. However, just because you have to take a little crap here and there doesn't mean you have to be willing to get it poured out on you from a dump truck.
Whatever you do, don't make any kind of rash decision, especially to quit your job. This is almost never a good idea.
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Unfortunately this is the way life is. She obviously does something to endear herself to management that makes them feel she is a necessary part of the team or she is a close friend of one of the managers. Regardless of the reason(s) why she is eligible for the promotion; for you to speak up about reasons she should not be promoted would not help your cause any.
This is how office politics works. No matter where you work you are bound to run in to something like this again. You can either grin and bear it or look for another job. Should you find another job then in your exit interview if you want to you can mention this .
Doing so will not help you but may help present management to understand that their favoritism is being seen, That this favoritism could be behind any workforce problems they have.
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Unfortunately this is life. You will see scenarios like this pretty much anywhere you work. It's not fair but honestly there isn't much you can do. If you speak up you risk losing your job. I would advise that you continue working hard to earn income and try not to let it get to you. The more you think about it the more it will have a negative impact on your production and/or yourself emotionally adding more stress that you just don't need. You may never see it but life has a way of paying everyone back. If everything you say is true I'm sure you aren't the only one who has noticed this. Time will take care of her. In the mean time look for another job where you may be happier but don't do or say anything to jeopardize what you have because jobs are just too hard to come by.
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There is no good answer for this question. Sorry. Its not your buisness. I am sure your boss realizes that this employee was absent at a mandatory meeting. You just keep working doing the best you can do. You are going to find people like that at every job you work at. Unless it is a very small job. Point being you just have to keep working hard. Good Luck.
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