Maybe forced isn't the right term, I'm referring to non-mandated systems that occur organically. Not that I've experienced this too much personally, but I have

Maybe forced isn't the right term, I'm referring to non-mandated systems that occur organically. Not that I've experienced this too much personally, but I have had co-workers who would often be deliberately left out by management or not given contracts by the project managers (it was the nature of the work that some jobs were better than others, less sketchy <biotech>) because they weren't considered "friendly" to them. Luckily I was social and often made connections with those people, but I didn't feel like it was a fair system. I think it's part of human tribalism, if some group clicks, it can cause repercussions across the whole main group/dept.