Moving to direct competitor?

[Sone]

I have given my notice in and currently moving to a company in an unrelated field. Now a direct competitor has asked me to come for an interview. I work in small insular industry and there is all sorts of gentleman's agreements about head hunting etc. But now I'm leaving they can make a move. Spoke to them on the phone, I'm a good fit and the package will be much better than the other role.

Is it wrong to chase this up or is it all fair at this point?

 

[Sone]

I think it is fine, sucks for the recruiter/other unrelated company that thinks they've hired you but presumably they're not offering enough for it to really be worthwhile/attractive to you.

That's the bad point. Other offer is a good one and job sounds great. They will train me up in industry standard equipment.

Interview with competitor went OK. Will be 10k ish a year more if comes through but a lot more commute. Work / life balance issues etc so just seeing how it goes at moment.

 

[Sone]

Well i started a competitor; mostly all good never started a job where i can hit the ground running. Add value from day one.

Got a real ****** reply from the other job I got; but really competitor offer i couldn't resist. Lead engineer and great package.

Hopefully this will continue