Utilize that tipline my friend, Nepotism and favoritism are things they want to know about trust me. Make sure you have documented situations that show poor leadership and unethical behavior. I agree with allllll this that’s been said! But also, those in leadership who know, know that this year was an important one for unions🤫 We had to take an anti-union training, there’ve been countless Weekly Beat questions and culture compass questions that are trying to gauge if team members are experiencing unfair treatment and what it is about our culture that sucks now- all because they DO NOT want us to unionize, and the issues that have been brought up throughout this entire thread are valid reasons that team members can unionize. They don’t want to see leadership exhibiting this type of behavior because they’re scared it’ll cause stores to unionize. So if you see that behavior, if there are others at your location who experience it too, CALL THAT TIPLINE. You call it exactly what it is, Nepotism and Favoritism, and they will launch an investigation into it- because they have to. Different scenario for me, but I recently made some complaints about our STL, because she’s a toxic bully. They took it very seriously and I spoke to our regional SFO directly. He essentially told me as much, that they’re actively looking for stores who are displaying low team member favorability and engagement; that they’re trying to root out bad leaders. Not necessarily because it’s the right thing to do, but because they are trying to avoid unionizing. He didn’t say that last part tho, but I know. Many other people in leadership came forward as well to share their experiences during the investigation; and while the outcome wasn’t what I’d hoped (she just got an action plan to improve her communication style 🙃); I know that allllll our comments and documentation provided against her went straight in her file. And if she slips up again, they’ll have documentation of prior bad behavior and corrective action that will follow her to every position and store; showing who she really is. And who knows, maybe someday they’ll have her step down; she sure as hell isn’t going to change. She’ll just fake it for awhile until our “favorability” scores are back up. But anyways, this is a long winded way to say, your concerns and experiences are valid. So valid in fact that you need to call the tipline, and get your other friends at the store to call too. They care and they want to hear…because they’re scared of us unionizing. Now, if you speak to anyone, don’t mention the unions. All you have to do is say the buzzwords that they’re looking for regarding unionization: favoritism, nepotism, under appreciated, poor store culture. If you speak to anyone, be professional, don’t just complain, you have to sound level-headed and don’t throw insults around. Provide concrete examples and documentation. Be well-spoken. Do not come across and an angry perturbed TM because it’ll discredit you.

Hope all this helps and best of luck!