Question for bank employees, please!

fira

>Really? That's disgusting. Surely that can't be legal now. What business of your employer is it if you are overdrawn<

anoncol

The bank paid my wages and in those days the branch manager of same bank was expected to ensure his staff did not in any circumstances go overdrawn unless a formal arrangement was in place. Indeed, any overdraft request was approved by the bank's Staff Department at Head Office not the local branch manager. So, those written formal requests to Edinburgh were few.

I often heard it said that we were not allowed to have any account anywhere else in case we were stealing from RBS and hiding it away elsewhere.

I guess in 1969 which was a long time ago they could do all mentioned as it was in the contract of employment. Legal today? I just don't know. Still have my first RBS salary slip - wages £404 per annum. I really do now feel my age!

Bill

Mrs_Ryan

When I worked for Abbey (post Abbey National but pre Santander) I had an account with them as if you did you were paid a day early. Mine wasn't a staff account- I didn't qualify for one as I had a bad credit rating, it was just a basic account when they were newly introduced- but it was completely optional.

MrsMoff

Don't do it! Ex employee just been stung badly by having an old staff account and know others in the same boat. We were forced told we would face disclaplinary action of we didn't

agrinnall

MrsMoff wrote: »

Don't do it! Ex employee just been stung badly by having an old staff account and know others in the same boat. We were forced told we would face disclaplinary action of we didn't

It's an old thread, but even so I feel you should explain more (how were they stung? what bank was this? what disciplinary action?) or you'll face being dismissed as a troll.

MrsMoff

Sorry rather wound up at the moment I have started a new thread re my current situation see "Ex RBS Employees" won't let me post a link

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Mr_Goodkat wrote: »

Certainly used to be a requirement of working for a RBS owned business that you had to open a RBS Group account to have your salary paid into it.

Although I'm sure they'd look dimly upon anyone asking for their salary to be paid into a Citizens Bank account by SWIFT

agrinnall

billbennett wrote: »

Although I'm sure they'd look dimly upon anyone asking for their salary to be paid into a Citizens Bank account by SWIFT

They certainly would now, given that RBS sold their entire holding in Citizens last year.

http://www.rbs.com/news/2015/october/rbs-completes-sale-of-Citizens-Financial-Group.html