US News -- Most people have seen—and perhaps been on the wrong end of—blatant favoritism at some point in their careers. Maybe a new leader comes in from the outside and brings along an old team, pushing perfectly good employees into obsolescence. Or maybe you land in a job where your manager turns to a couple of go-to people for every decent project, leaving the rest of an able staff underutilized and disillusioned. Read full article below.