Yes and thats called licking everybodys a** and pleasing everyone around whether you like it or not & whether you like them or not. Simply say Yes to whatever they say. If you deny you are denied to many stuffs thereafter.
Nobody likes this mostly, but for survival they have to do this. And some kida type people will still try to shoo you no matter how much you try to please them or their colleagues.
Best way is to get an edge over them in terms of a strong personality, work experience, family bg, monetary terms, big contacts etc. so then these people stay grounded with you an will seldom interfere or be politico with you.
But this isnt rare scenario & you will easily find one or two such persons in every team or floor. And guess what, even managers at times find it difficult to behave rude with these or deny their requests. So no question of fellow teammates complaining.
Thus, such people really dont have to lick anybody and favors shower on them automatically from everywhere. They become some hero or something in no time owing to the above qualities. Hence they end up doing the assigned work or may be less than that and still enjoy all that accolades, promotions, salary raise, and performance appraisals.
The real hard workers are usually from the poor classes, medically ill people and geeks, nerds & pure workaholics . Who cant afford to party with them for obvious reasons hence are easily discriminated within their teams itself. They are often teased and are made fun off just coz they arent taking interest in their celebrations, parties, outings etc.
No I'm not denying that others arent working hard but their attitude is work hard party even harder. & if any extra work comes their way they just spit two sweet words to those poor guys and handle their task to them as they are workaholics and these idiots go for enjoyment. This is another plain white exploitation again.
So when people are hired they are given slogans, lectures and assurity that all are treated equally and bla bla bla!! But the above situation is the usual common scenario everywhere here around.
In my last co. have seen, a 3 yr old colleague getting promoted for GLs post while his older counterpart spent 7yr old with same dedication and passion is still in support role for all those years. Why? Coz that 3yr old guy was always sitting, roaming, sipping tea etc. with other GLs & managers.