Manager favors one team over the other, refuses any request of employees from “Team B”, leading employees to resign in the pettiest way possible: ‘In a single month, 4 left’

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Nov 26, 2025 10:00 AM EST

Usually, parents refuse to disclose who their favorite child is and act like they love all their children equally. Well, in an office, everything works exactly the opposite way. Managers have no problem stating who their favorite employees are and will do everything in their power to ensure everyone knows. They will grant these selected employees' every wish, adhere to their request, and do none of that to those deemed less deserving.

Which is exactly what happened in the story below, after the boss divided his workers into two teams – Team A and Team B. Team A got everything they wanted; they even got other employees suspended just because they asked. Team B was the "other child", those who didn't make the manager's dream team. 

It wasn't long before members of Team B got tired of being treated like an unloved kid, and decided to leave. And when employees started quitting one after the other, one employee decided to make their resignation as petty as they could, while ensuring they got everything they were denied so far, just because they belonged in Team B.

Keep scrolling to read how they made that happen.

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  • Resigning with timing

    My previous workplace was getting more and more toxic. Our manager was a part of the whole problem and never recognized her part in the toxicity.
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  • She played favorites and "one weekend team is better than the second" (we worked every other weekend), basically dooming our team to have team A and team B.
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  • Team A got all they wanted. Members of Team A managed to get a coworker suspended (almost fired) and no testimony from team B was even considered.
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  • They just listened to team A. Then, our supervisor (hierarchically lower than manager) even lied about procedures she put in places...
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  • long story short, we are contesting our coworker's suspension and have lots of arguments. Months ago, I got news from a hiring process.
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  • I knew I was going to be sent to train around mid- october. I didn't say a thing.
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  • I sent an email to ask for leave without pay. Of course, since I was team B, I had no chance of getting it.
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  • A coworker from team A got hers..! Then, i heard about a first resignation. One of my friends was resigning in the end of october.
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  • Another coworker was pregnant and couldn't work with us anymore. Another took sick leave. In a single month, out of a team of 15, we were 4 to leave.
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  • My manager wanted me to send my resignation ASAP so she had time to resend it to HR in time for the postings to be open in January.
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  • So I waited. I spent any type of day off I had (a few weeks) and sent my resignation to HR through official means (while my manager wanted me to send it to her through informal means that could then leave me in trouble).
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  • The dates for managers to submit their posts to HR is November 3rd. My resignation was made official on November 6th.
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  • So she has to wait 3 months (or more, there is so much delay and so many posting cancellations) to submit it.
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  • If she had signed LWOP, a coworker would have taken my spot for a year with all benefits entitled to them.
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  • Now, it's a short term replacement and no benefits.
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  • Kind_Worry_9836 So you started a new job without leaving the old job?
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  • OP Brock2845 Yes and no. I took all the leave time I had left (weeks of vacation), and sent my notice at the same time. I just happened to have good timing with the deadlines. Pure coincidence. It would've been legal (and possible) to do both jobs for a short while, but my life schedule couldn't allow it, so I left.
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  • Reddittogotoo I'm confused. Did your manager force you to resign?
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  • OP Brock2845 I asked for LWOP, she refused. I could've argued favoritism, but I was leaving regardless and not thinking of coming back ever.I, so... less safety nets, but that's it.
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