Andrei had been in his position about three years, placing him in the middle on the seniority list. He had never been promoted and probably never would. He was rated as average on all of his performance evaluations. There was nothing about him that made him particularly noticeable. But it appeared to his coworkers that Andrei received special treatment. He had the largest desk in the department and a reserved parking spot, for example. In this situation, there is a problem with the $\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.$

performance evaluation system

status system

hiring process

group norms