What do you think of a partner who shows favoritism toward certain staff in the team? Like he only IMs to some people he likes and interacts with them at various firm events.

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There’s actual favoritism and there’s having closer relationships with certain people on the team below you (applies to partners and anyone below them). The line isn’t always clear but what you’re describing doesn’t strike me as favoritism.

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Not a great leadership quality but totally within his right

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I mean that’s rude ^

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Favoritism is fine as long as it's contained to office politics. After all, networking is the most important aspect of career advancement. However, if his favoritism extends only to certain groups (white guys, for example.) then that's a serious issue that should go to HR. Anything else is normal in our industry

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Sadly, this happens a lot in all levels. From their point of view, these are ppl that they are comfortable with so why not! It is absolutely selfish specially if it's a leader of a team but you can't change their mentality. If they have this selective mindset and on a very senior level such as a partner, then it's too late to change them. You either leave to work with a better leader or not. The most important thing is YOU try to be a better leader for your juniors.

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On a charity event dinner, this partner even asked a staff if he can switch seats so he could sit/hang out with the staff people he likes. Personally that didn’t look good and I felt bad for the staff who was pretty much forced to give up his seat from the “staff” table.

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Maybe there is a reason they are comfortable with them? Because one employee goes out of their way a bit to network and interact and another does not? There are certainly some people I will reach out to before others because I know them better

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"I do not like that man. I must get to know him better" -Abe Effing Lincoln

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Happens all the time. Partners group with others either like them, same religious beliefs, golf, SEC football, sense of humor or same jobs. It is called life. Same as high school or college frat. People pay too much attention to this and create drama . Just stop, focus on yourself and serving clients. The favorites change every couple of years along with omp and other partner changes.

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Everyone prefers spending time with people they like, right?

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One thing I have found is that some people talk about work in social situations. After working all day, when we go out at night- I hate when team members launch straight into work issues. It puts managers and leaders in problem solving mode and is exhausting. Try talking to people about non-work items- kids, vacation, etc and see if they respond more to you. The person could also have a low emotional intelligence ability. Just because you make partner doesn’t mean you suddenly are a perfect human being.

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Collusion? Bro, you better come correct if you're going to throw accusations like that around. SMH

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Now imagine if you are non-white, favoritism somehow never works in our favor. Funny how that works.

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Maybe he just doesn’t like you. Who cares

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Exactly Manager 2. But you definitely have to.balance it when working with manager level and below. Be fair, give people a fair shot and try to get to know them as a leader and also staff and seniors give your leaders a chance and try to get to know them yourself instead of listening to everyone's elses opinions about them. I used to be terrified of certain partner when I was a young senior at another firm. No one wanted to work with him. But I got over it by traveling with him . It was like drawing the short straw at first. Was stuck in a car for hours on end listening to the stories of how Elvis life paralleled his, four failed marriages, graceland, silver slipper and Lisa Marie airplane, etc. Turned out this partner was actually great to work for, did banking work with him and taught me proof of cash and how to look for fraud He was loud, yelled but at same time had a heart of gold and was good to his team.

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Cant avoid it. I do the same with leadership people as well. Lol

That’s petty. I have a partner that’s been accused of “favoriting” me but when I remind the people who say this of all the people who “favorite” them they realize that it’s silly and evens out in the long run. 🤷🏽‍♀️

I am not phased by any of this. Chances are I dislike the partner anyway .

Jerk...I had a partner at KPMG that would only say hello to senior managers if he saw you

Sounds like my experience at ey. In many instances this can involve collusion

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