manager displays favoritism, i want to transfer but she can be retaliatory. need advice!!
hi! so earlier this year i moved to a new city and transferred to a new starbucks. i noticed almost immediately how many of the workers did not pull their weight on the floor, and how dirty the store typically was. i was willing to let this go and continue working hard however, recently it's come to my attention that my manager displays major shows of favoritism.
she typically favors the male baristas/shifts and will cover their tracks if they are repeatedly late/don't show up for their shifts repeatedly. there i this one male barista in particular who i guess sends her gym pictures of himself that she really favors. and i guess he did not do any of the right steps to becoming a coffee master besides cheating his way through writing the passport journal, and did not bother to learn it, and yet he still got his black apron. and i guess she has a repeated history of making male baristas uncomfortable by trying to get too close to them and towing the line of being flirty, and she has been reported allegedly.
she also really wants to be friends with everyone and complained when she was not invited to a party a barista was having even though managers are not allowed to hang out with baristas. she has also displayed favoritism in the sense where she will treat you really poorly if you try to leave or do something she does not like and she talks shit about baristas to other partners. for instance, on partner attempted to find a different job but was unable to, however that still angered her to the point where it was made obvious she did not like this partner and would not let her move up (this partner was a great worker, customers and other partners loved her, etc).
all this to say, is that this behavior makes me very uncomfortable. as someone with cptsd, this behavior from a leader can be quite triggering, and i'd love to transfer but i don't want her to be retaliatory towards me so i am seeking advice. like does anyone have any ideas of things i could say as a reason/ways to approach this? please let me know!!