Do I mention conflict of interest in resignation letter
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Hi all
I have just been offered a new job and I will be accepting.
The new company is a supplier to my current company, so should I mention the conflict of interest in my resignation letter or just in the chat I will have with my manager tomorrow? I would imagine they will put me on gardening leave due to this.
I cannot tell them who my new job is with, I have signed a confidentiality agreement with the new company.
I have just been offered a new job and I will be accepting.
The new company is a supplier to my current company, so should I mention the conflict of interest in my resignation letter or just in the chat I will have with my manager tomorrow? I would imagine they will put me on gardening leave due to this.
I cannot tell them who my new job is with, I have signed a confidentiality agreement with the new company.
What conflict of interest? You currently work for A Ltd. A Ltd buys from B Ltd. When you go and work for B Ltd you won't be working for A Ltd anymore. Is this another in the "99 problems that don't actually exist" series?
PS: B Ltd sounds a bit Mickey Mouse. The so called confidentiality agreement that it has made you sign is unenforceable. The name of a company is not a secret, FFS. The fact that B Ltd thinks that it is SPECTRE or Hydra or whatever is a bad sign.
PS: B Ltd sounds a bit Mickey Mouse. The so called confidentiality agreement that it has made you sign is unenforceable. The name of a company is not a secret, FFS. The fact that B Ltd thinks that it is SPECTRE or Hydra or whatever is a bad sign.
Edited by anonymous-user on Tuesday 4th July 10:25
Breadvan72 said:
What conflict of interest? You currently work for A Ltd. A Ltd buys from B Ltd. When you go and work for B Ltd you won't be working for A Ltd anymore. Is this another in the "99 problems that don't actually exist" series?
PS: B Ltd sounds a bit Mickey Mouse. The so called confidentiality agreement that it has made you sign is unenforceable. The name of a company is not a secret, FFS. The fact that B Ltd thinks that it is SPECTRE or Hydra or whatever is a bad sign.
Indeed, company B is a massive supplier to A( hundreds of £millions), and I have access to data and information that would/could massively affect both companies.PS: B Ltd sounds a bit Mickey Mouse. The so called confidentiality agreement that it has made you sign is unenforceable. The name of a company is not a secret, FFS. The fact that B Ltd thinks that it is SPECTRE or Hydra or whatever is a bad sign.
Edited by Breadvan72 on Tuesday 4th July 10:25
Company B do want to upset the relationship hence not wanting me to tell A where I am going. I will not be customer facing, and no doubt they will find out eventually.
Breadvan72 said:
A testament to the uselessness of HR everywhere! An employer can't "reject" a resignation letter. There are no rules about what resignation letters must and must not include.
I love a massive generalisation ! All HR are useless and all solicitors are overpaid for basically knowing how to read.
Gargamel said:
Breadvan72 said:
A testament to the uselessness of HR everywhere! An employer can't "reject" a resignation letter. There are no rules about what resignation letters must and must not include.
I love a massive generalisation ! All HR are useless and all solicitors are overpaid for basically knowing how to read.
swerni said:
Just keep it factual and to the point.
"Please accept this letter as my formal resignation, my last day of work will be blah blah blah"
I had my last letter of resignation rejected by HR as it was full of pleasantries, my manager had to phone and sheepishly ask if i'd do another one.
my last lot wrote to me accepting my resignation letter, I thought that was good of them, as even if they rejected it, I was starting with the new lot 2nd may "Please accept this letter as my formal resignation, my last day of work will be blah blah blah"
I had my last letter of resignation rejected by HR as it was full of pleasantries, my manager had to phone and sheepishly ask if i'd do another one.
what were they going to do, discipline me
having said that, I have got a friend who her ex-company tried to discipline after she had resigned (she was on gardening leave when the incident took place). she did tell her hr dept she was off, they ignored it, and she got a letter from them 5 weeks later (3 weeks into her new job) asking why she failed to attend? I think it even mentioned suspending her.
the owner of the new company she works for laughed a lot
Pickled Piper said:
... I suggest doing that verbally.
You mean "orally". If you were to write a 97 page letter explaining your life story and adding "PS: I resign, you tossers", that would be a verbal communication. So too would be flouncing out yelling "I'm ouddahere, losers!" and writing down nowt. Verbum. Verba. Words. Learn some fricken Latin, dudes!
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