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Working for a competitor

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Tank
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Working for a competitor

Post by Tank »

As title suggests are we allowed when working for Royal Mail?
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POSTMAN
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Re: Working for a competitor

Post by POSTMAN »

No

Examples of conflicts of interest:
• You work for (e.g. as an employee or subcontractor), receive payment from or advertise any organisation that is in
competition with Royal Mail.

https://www.royalmailchat.co.uk/mrm/Con ... ummary.pdf
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hans solo
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Re: Working for a competitor

Post by hans solo »

I don’t see why not
RM gave them all our work at Xmas
Skuse
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Re: Working for a competitor

Post by Skuse »

How about a few cheeky dominoes deliveries at night ? 😁
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hans solo
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Re: Working for a competitor

Post by hans solo »

Yip That’s allowed
We have one who does food deliveries and Uber driving
heraldmoth
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Re: Working for a competitor

Post by heraldmoth »

Why would we pay attention to our current agreements anyway, what’s good for the goose……
CharlesSpooner
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Re: Working for a competitor

Post by CharlesSpooner »

You're not supposed to and there's the risk of being found out but balls to them - do what works for you.
jbjoe
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Re: Working for a competitor

Post by jbjoe »

We have colleagues in work who have second jobs and the managers know about it and don't care.
Clappedoutpostie
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Re: Working for a competitor

Post by Clappedoutpostie »

No your not but we have people in our office who do and nothing has ever been done about it.
chickenwittle
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Re: Working for a competitor

Post by chickenwittle »

Bloke at our office delivered for Hermes for years in the afternoon, nobody cares , do as you please.
cobrakai
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Re: Working for a competitor

Post by cobrakai »

Nobody gives a s**t tbh. I used to be friends with a agency lass years ago that did late shift and on a morning worked for uk mail where her husband was a gaffer :shock: