And when you are not the favorite one...I am a software engineer working for a mid-size company, we have a lot of processes we have to follow, every engineer has their own areas they work on.The company I work for also has a typical hierarchical structure where subordinates have managers and those managers have their own managers and so on.Though I have noticed that there's a lot of favoritism involved with some of those managers, for example, some subordinates are not allowed to access specific resources and people who are promoted into management role do so because they have a better relationship with someone from management.Then they get all the benefits that come with that, yet those of us who do all the "hard work" and have more experience don't have the luxury that comes with that, and we are told excuses such as: "The company doesn't have any criteria for who is allowed to access so and so".It's very frustrating, I am a very hard working person and high performer yet my manager keeps taking credit for my work and due to him being the favorite one among the management crowd, he gets all the credit and special treatment.Have you been in this position before? How do you deal with it?