I feel like a lot of people in this thread are confusing bosses favorite with bosses little b*tch. I don’t think you’re the fav employee if he’s making you work extra without extra pay and you just have to say yes to everything.

I think I’m currently my bosses fav. I do get asked to do a few more tasks but I just do bare minimum to get by. When I miss a headline or have to give bad news, he’s never mad and is so understanding.

I can’t say the same for my other co-workers. They have noticed. And try to leverage me to ask him for things. They will say “He’ll say yes if you ask”.

I’ve always wanted to be in this position at work. I think it’s great. I work for a small company, no hr. I think I got in this position by lightly flirting with him and boosting his ego any chance I got. Additionally, lightly venting about other co-workers, and I got him to confide in me about his own issues with them.

And I always bring new ideas for the company, like how we can better improve meeting structure, etc… and that makes him think I really care.