I got rejected from a job for not quitting my other job

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I currently work part-time at a grocery store. I've been working at this same grocery store for 9 years. I work there Monday through Friday from 5pm to 10pm. I make about $9 an hour. I have been trying to get a second job working weekday mornings or on the weekends. I applied at another store for a part-time position that pays $10.40 an hour. They called me after the interview and hired me. I went for orientation at this new job and they asked me if I had already quit my current job or put in my two week notice. I said that I planned to work at both places for a little while. They told me that in order to start working for them, I would have to put in my two week notice at my other job. They said that it would be a "conflict of interest" if I worked at both places. There is another person who works where I work and recently got a job at this store. He works at both places. I told this to the hiring manager and he said that this person is violating their rules. He asked me who it is and I didn't want to say because I didn't want to get him in trouble. It sounded like the manager knew who I was talking about. I hope I didn't get my co-worker in trouble. It's like you are not allowed to have 2 jobs. No one can live off of working one part-time job. Sometimes you have to work 2 or 3 part-time jobs in order to pay the bills. Every part-time job that I have applied for assumed that I was planning to leave my current part-time job in order to work for them. I have a steady schedule with my current part-time job so I wouldn't mind working another part-time job earlier in the day.

It makes sense that for many higher level jobs, there could be a very real conflict of interest if one is also working for a competitor.

For a lower level job, that obviously isn't the case. It's not like the lower level workers are privy to the corporate plans and have knowledge about what the company is going to do to compete against its competitors.

On the other hand, at this company I would not want to have an employee who also works for a competitor. I wouldn't want to take a chance him providing information to the competition.

That's really slimey of them. I've never heard of a rule like that. Can I assume neither store will let you work full-time? I believe they do this to avoid having to give employees health insurance. Such a scumbag move.

Having worked in similar jobs, I can't imagine what knowledge of the companies you would have that could be of value to their competitor.

and then they expect you to be eager to work whenever they want. one boss told me she would dial my phone number when i could come into work. one week later, 11:51am, she texted telling me to come in 1pm the same day. (not an on call job). they expect you to always have free time, a car, internet access, a phone.

they expect you to be willing to do things outside your job description. ("beggars can't be choosers")

Name and shame the employer.