Reviews from Indeed

Here is a link to some Reviews on indeed.

There are some very similar ones to those posted on Glassdoor.

I can't really be bothered print screening all those reviews.

You can trust me or look for yourself

Trappist and Abbey Ales

More beerformation from Cask Marque

Abbey & Trappist Ales  Unlike some of our previous beer style blogs, Trappist and Abbey beers are not a specific style – instead they can be light or dark, dry or sweet, fruity or spicy. They are high in alcoholic strength, usually sweeter than other beer styles, and designed for sipping like a fine wine or port. Their distinctive flavours and aromas are derived from Belgian yeast strains. What Are Abbey & Trappist Ales? Trappist beers are made by monks at a small number of accredited breweries inside monasteries, and will always have the unique authentic symbol.

One of the basic principles of monasticism is self sufficiency – the monks should never have to venture outside the monastery walls and face the temptations in secular life. But they needed funds for the upkeep of the monastery, and also to provide for the needs of the community.   Monks made excellent brewers: they paid close attention to sanitation, they were literate and wrote recipes down, and were patient. Their costs were low, so they were able to use better ingredients than commercial brewers. The monks in Northern France, known as ‘Trappists’, brewed excellent beer, and sold and traded it to the outside world. Of the 11 recognised Trappist breweries in the world that carry the ATP (Authentic Trappist Product) label, six are in Belguim, two in The Netherlands, one in Austria, one in Italy and one in the USA. Brand examples are: Westmalle Dubbel, Chimay Peres Trappistes, Trappistes Rochefort and Orval Trappist Ale Abbey beers, however, are made in traditional Trappist styles, but may not actually be brewed within the walls of a monastery. Many Abbey beer labels will feature monks or other ecclesiastical motifs but it does not guarantee that they were actually brewed within a religious order. Brand examples are: Affligem, Leffe, St. Stefanus, Delirium Tremens These ales are roughly split into two types: Dubbel (double – referring to the alcoholic strength and intensity of flavour) and Tripel (triple) and range from 6% to 14% in strength.

Glassware: These beers demand special glassware. All of the breweries have specific branded glassware, but if this is unavailable they should always be served in a stemmed red wine glass or a goblet glass. *Anorak Fact* Because the branded glassware for these beers is so beautiful and decorative, the glasses frequently go “missing” from bars. Many bars in Bruges now ask for your left shoe when ordering a Trappist beer in its original glass – so the customer has to return the glass before they can leave the bar! To Serve: These big flavoured beers suit big flavoured foods – the sweetness will CONTRAST with creamy pungent cheeses like Brie de Meaux and Camembert, and the high alcoholic strength will CUT through the fattiness of these cheeses. That same sweetness will CONTRAST with gamey meats such as venison, duck, and pheasant or COMPLEMENT the caramelised fat in rib eye steak, rare roast beef or sausages.

DHL - Contradiction and collusion

A little taster from my book.

Currently page 283, although there are a few tweeks still to be made.

Collusion between Savage Blue and DHL?

There is further evidence in the book to prove that these statements are all genuine contradictions. 

“Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive”

is a quotation by Sir Walter Scott, which I'm sure you knew.

It means that when you tell lies or act in a dishonest way you create problems and complications which you cannot control

More Glassdoor reviews

Found a few more DHL reviews on Glassdoor.

The first one is from 1st November 2018, nothing ever changes.

In this set we have;

Harrassment

Bully-like

Bully boy tactics

Blind eye to gross misconduct

Intimidate and bully

Reviews from Glassdoor

Derogatory Remarks

Bullying and abuse widespread

Public declaration not matching existing reality

Bullying and intimidation

Where have I seen comments like that before?

Respect at DHL.........................................................Not

This is the link mentioned in my previous post

http://www.respectatdhl.org/

I wonder why it doesn't exist anymore?

Clue in the website address?

Respect and DHL, there isn't any

SDH Logistics article

Quite an old report from SDH Logistics which is probably why the link to the leaflet doesn't work.
It does show how long the lack of ethics in the company worldwide, has been going on.

Unions’ report challenges DHL’s “good conduct” claims

May 09, 2012 by Peter MacLeod

Global trade unions will unveil a report into how Deutsche Post DHL treats its workers at the company's AGM in Frankfurt today (Wednesday 9th May).

They will launch a white paper entitled Corporate Irresponsibility, Deutsche Post DHL’s Global Labour Practices Exposed, which exposes what it describes as a "shameful track record of union avoidance outside of Europe and overuse of temporary or agency workers". Shareholders are being urged to help "clean up" the logistics multinational, and ensure that high standards are met throughout its operations.

UNI Global Union and the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) says its research shows "widespread and systematic abuses regarding freedom of association and precarious work". In country after country workers, it says, are fearful of retaliation if they try to organise a union. In many countries, including Malaysia, Indonesia and India, subcontracted workers have been paid substantially less than regular workers while doing exactly the same work, claims the report.

In a release, the organisations say: "In Colombia, Costa Rica and South Africa, the company has forced workers to submit to lie detector tests in spite of the company’s initial position that it did not tolerate the use of such tests. The company has also been fined substantial amounts of money for health and safety violations, notably earlier this year in the US where DP-DHL subsidiary Exel has been fined almost $300,000.

"These labour rights violations directly contradict DP-DHL’s own corporate responsibility policies and its commitment to the principles of the United Nations Global Compact, which it signed in 2006.

"The report provides a whole raft of evidence holding the company to account and demanding it meet its aspirations as a responsible enterprise in every country where it operates, not just in its home base, Germany."

The campaign is being supported by the 175-million member International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). The unions will be raising the concerns detailed in the new publication with Deutsche Post DHL (DP-DHL) at its AGM in Frankfurt today. Present at the shareholders’ meeting will also be Monica Okpe, a Norwegian DHL worker who recently won reinstatement after being illegally sacked for her trade union work. As well as targeting the company’s leadership, the unions will also seek to persuade shareholders that this is an issue for them too, and have written to them to say:

"We find it unbelievable that a company of Deutsche Post DHL’s size and aspirations can find itself unable to put a figure to the number of agency workers it uses, even though many of them are on poverty wages and are being put at risk of injury and death. We find it unacceptable that DHL workers have suffered intimidation, bullying and worse, and that the company can’t even get its facts straight on the use of lie detectors against staff."

The new report – available at www.respectatdhl.org – investigates the company’s record on labour rights and treatment of workers across the globe. Philip Jennings, UNI Global Union general secretary, commented: “If I were a shareholder, I would be asking some serious questions at the meeting. DHL’s global practices are a definite risk to the company’s ethics, reputation and image. This new report shows a shopping list of labour violations. DHL clearly needs to address these concerns if it is to be seen as an ethical and responsible global operator.”

ITF general secretary David Cockroft stated: “At its best, this company is very good indeed. At its worst, it is racking up fines, allowing shameful abuses such as the use of lie detector tests and intimidation against innocent workers, and using workers employed on the cheap and with inadequate protection. Yet the high corporate responsibility ideals it aspires to are almost within its reach. It just needs to guarantee a decent standard of treatment for all its workers, not just some.”

Sharan Burrow, general secretary of the ITUC (International Trade Union Confederation), added: “DP-DHL’s corporate social responsibility mechanisms are failing. We would strongly advise them to do what their workers want, which is to engage in discussions about negotiating a global framework agreement that would set baseline standards for all the company’s personnel, and enable them and management to move ahead together to make DP-DHL even more successful.”

UNI Global Union and the ITF have been encouraging DHL to sign a global framework agreement, designed to ensure that the company respects the same core rights of its employees in every country in which it operates. The unions’ concerns will also be raised in a leaflet they will be handing out to shareholders arriving at the AGM.

DHL - Deceit hypocrisy and lies - Book Link

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More on self publishing

Other than time wise, it's not been too difficult in self publishing my book.

There is a relatively easy step by step guide to follow in creating your book, and once submitted it only takes a few hours to be approved.

I received this email;

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Not sure how this will work yet,

or when you can actually order it,

but it is on its way

No Further Questions by Gillian McAllister

I'm sure there's a reason I sent myself this quote.

Can't see it yet though.

Anyway, good book, well worth a read.

Hi - I'm reading "No Further Questions: You'd trust your sister with your life. But should you? The compulsive thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author" by Gillian McAllister and wanted to share this quote with you.

"I try to pretend he’s with Marc. It’s easier that way. Marc was the only other person as watchful as me, when Xander was a toddler. ‘He’s got a Lego block in his hand,’ Marc would say. ‘Mind he doesn’t eat it.’ The anxiety of parenthood had been divided equally between us. There was no helpless man act, no inability to stack a dishwasher or remember a birthday card while seemingly having not lost the ability to go to work or remember what time the boxing was on. There was none of that bullshit, thankfully. Of course, there was another kind, as there always is. I stare at the wall, now, and not at Layla, and try to count to ten in my mind again. That doesn’t work, so I watch the second hand of a clock on the wall as it completes a full circuit. Sixteen hours. Perhaps I could ask Marc to come over. Share the load. But no. That’s not fair, is it? It wouldn’t even be fair if we were together. This is our mess. Mine and Martha’s."

There are also two more that I sent. Still have absolutely no idea about the context.

"I didn’t ask her to leave in order to be dramatic, or to make a point. That was just the first day that I had that glass-spilling-over feeling. I was at full capacity and had room for no more. She raised her hands in a kind of surrender, and turned to leave, but just before she did, she jerked her head, trying"

"Alicia had nodded, and Xander had gone to Becky. Becky’s head wasn’t in a good place, Alicia had explained later, which Carol thought was pretty fair. Of course not. Carol remembered those post-divorce days. She’d lost her house keys twice in the same week. It was as though her brain had simply emptied itself of normal life. Forgotten, Carol had said to Alicia. Becky’s first indiscretion should be forgotten. It was a one-off. And Carol had forgotten, mostly. At parents’ evening, she saw Becky across the room, wearing an artful scarf, not with Marc, yet so cordial towards him, which was interesting in itself –and recalled the incident again. But other than that, it had been forgotten, along with a handful of other parents’ indiscretions. But then it had happened again. And again. And now, Becky was missing for the fifth time in recent months. It couldn’t go on."

More on Podcasts

Missed this one on my last update.

The Infinite Monkey Cage

Some absolutely fantastic discussions on all sorts of subjects

There's a wiki page here with details of all the epidoses, subjects and guests

More on Glassdoor

From an HR expert

Not just the UK then

In The Dark (DI Fawley 2) by Cara Hunter

Hi - I'm reading "In The Dark: the #1 bestselling thriller from the author of the Richard and Judy pick 'Close to Home' (DI Fawley Thriller, Book 2)" by Cara Hunter and wanted to share this quote with you.

This quote semed very apt to me.

"This pub is Gow’s regular on a Wednesday afternoon –used to be a dingy spit-and-sawdust for the workers at the coal wharf but in the last couple of years it’s gone gastro glam. Log fires in winter, shades of paint in grey and teal, black-and-white floor tiles carefully restored. Alex loves it, and the beer’s still good too. I gesture to Gow, asking if he wants one. He nods and when the current round of questions finishes and the sheets are being collected he gets up and manoeuvres round the tables to join me. ‘What have I done to deserve this?’ he asks wryly, picking up his pint. ‘Talk to me about psychopaths. Sociopaths and psychopaths.’ He raises an eyebrow, as if to say, so that’s where you’ve got to, is it? He licks froth off his upper lip. ‘Well, some of the outer signs are remarkably similar. Both types are manipulative and narcissistic, they lie habitually, they’re incapable of taking responsibility for their actions and they have virtually no empathy. All that matters –all that even registers –is their own needs.’ ‘And how can you tell them apart?’ ‘Psychopaths are much more organized and much more patient. Sociopaths tend to act impulsively, which means they make mistakes, and it’s easier for people like you to catch them. In their case, there’s usually some traumatic factor in childhood. Abuse, violence, neglect. The usual suspects.’ ‘And psychopaths?’ He makes a face. ‘Psychopaths are born. Not made.’ He’s watching me now. ‘Does that help?’ Behind him, the quizmaster is calling people back to their seats for the next round. I nod. ‘Yes. I think so.’ He picks up the glass to go, but I stop him. ‘One more thing.’ ‘I didn’t have you down as a Columbo fan, Fawley,’ he says with a dry smile. But when he hears what I have to ask, his face darkens. When he unlocks the door and sees me his face is immediately"

as did this one,

"‘That’s the point,’ I say. ‘Perhaps that’s exactly what he wants us to think –that only a psychopath could have done that to his own child. Either way, we can’t afford to close down any line of enquiry until we’re sure it doesn’t lead anywhere. And if that sounds like a cliché, remember how a cliché gets to be a cliché.’ ‘Because it’s true,’ they mutter, sing-song. They’ve heard that one before. All except Somer, who grins suddenly, then hides it by pretending to make a note on her pad. She has a great smile; it changes her whole face. ‘But what about the body, sir?’ Baxter again. ‘If Rob killed her, how did she end up in Harper’s shed?’ ‘The two gardens back on to one another –Harper’s and Gardiner’s. And the fence at the bottom is pretty rickety –it wouldn’t be that hard to get through it.’ ‘It’s a bit of a stretch though, isn’t it, boss?’ interrupts Everett. ‘I mean, Rob Gardiner burying his wife’s body in the garden of exactly the same house where we found a girl in the cellar? I mean, what are the odds against that?’"

Close to Home (DI Fawley 1) by Cara Hunter

Hi - I'm reading "Close to Home: The 'impossible to put down' Richard & Judy Book Club thriller pick 2018 (DI Fawley 1)" by Cara Hunter and wanted to share this quote with you.

"Madigan told us,’ says Daisy slowly, her small face white to the lips, ‘that respect is something you have to earn. You get it because of the things you’ve done. You’ve never done anything. You’re not even pretty any more. That’s why Daddy’s looking for someone else. He’s going to get a new wife and I’m going to get a new mummy.’ It happens before Sharon even knows what she’s doing. The hand raised, the stinging slap, the red angry mark. She staggers a moment, horrified. Not just at what she’s done, but at the look on her daughter’s face. The cold, hard, triumphant look. ‘You’re not my mother,’ whispers Daisy. ‘Not any more. I’d rather die than be like you.’ Then she turns, picks up her school bag and walks away. ‘Daisy? Daisy! Come back here at once!’ A door upstairs bangs shut and the music starts. Thud thud thud through the thin boards. Sharon goes to the sink and pours herself a glass of water with a shaking hand, and when she turns again Leo is standing there, watching her. ‘You’ve got blood on you,’"

Respect, that's similar to something I've been saying for years.

You can't demand respect because of your position.

You have to earn it.

If your employees don't trust you because of your Deceit, Hypocrisy & Lies, then you are not going to earn their respect.

The Innocent Wife by Amy Lloyd

Hi - I'm reading "The Innocent Wife: A 2018 Richard and Judy Book Club pick: 'This book had me hooked' - LISA JEWELL" by Amy Lloyd and wanted to share this quote with you.

"Carrie held out her hands to help Sam stand. Together they got back into the car and carried on towards the court. ‘Are you sure you’re OK?’ Carrie asked. ‘Yes, I’ll be fine.’ ‘I know.’ Carrie smiled at her. ‘You’ve got to be strong, hook that eighteen-wheeler up to your balls and pull.’ There were crowds"

A great holiday read.

Pale Ales

This week from Cask Marque  Pale Ales Pale ale is a remarkably diverse beer style. Loosely speaking, the term denotes a beer that is golden to copper in colour; bitter; and brewed using a top fermenting ale yeast. It includes a variety of different types of beer, including bitter, extra special bitter (ESB), golden ale, saison, India Pale Ale (IPA), Double India Pale Ale (DIPA), American Pale Ale (APA) and, of course, those beers simply labelled pale ale. Where Did Pale Ales Come From? Burton-upon-Trent, the famous brewing town, was the home of Pale Ale in the 19th century due to the quality of the local water, which has a high level of a mineral called gypsum that gives pale ales their distinctive ‘biscuity’ backbone. Innovation and advances in technology during the Industrial Revolution enabled brewers to control the colour of the beer, and the result was an ale which was far lighter in colour than most of its predecessors, hence the name ‘pale ale’.

What Are The Differences? British Pale Ale - British bitter – sometimes referred to as pale ale, especially in a bottle – has a fine balance between the bitter hops and sweet, biscuit malt. Brand examples are: Fuller’s London Pride, Marston’s Pedigree, Timothy Taylors Landlord. India Pale Ale – IPA’s were first developed during the 18th century in London for export to India, where it was drunk by the British colonialists who were crying out for decent beer as many of the local drinks had impurities or dangerously high levels of alcohol. As beer did not travel well, the first batches sent from London to India (unsurprisingly) spoiled on the 6-month sea journey, until London brewer, George Hodgson, identified that if a beer was brewed with double the amount of hops, the antibacterial properties of the hops would prevent spoilage. Also brewing beer to a higher ABV would help preserve beer cargo on the long sea journeys – hence IPA was born. Brand examples are: Marston’s Old Empire, Worthington’s White Shield, Thornbridge Jaipur. American Pale Ale – American Pale Ales are a sub style of IPAs. Brand examples are: Beavertown Gamma Ray, Stevens Point Pale Ale, Crafty Dan 13 Guns, Shipyard Pale Ale Double IPA – These are big and bold! It has a booming hop aroma, a deep sweet body and then hefty bitterness at the end. The best are elegantly balanced between malt sweetness and huge hops. The worst taste like nail polish mixed with honey!!!!! Brand Examples: Cloudwater DIPA, North Brewing DIPA, Thornbridge Halcyon, Magic Rock Mind Control Characteristics:

To Serve: British pale ales have enough biscuit malt to COMPLEMENT roast beef, roast pork, sausages, grilled steaks, and lamb (especially Shepherd’s pie). The hop character cuts through salmon and fish and chips. Indian and Mexican food are wonderfully COMPLEMENTED by hop-forward American-style IPAs. The citrusy, zesty hops CUT through chilli heat in creamy curries, and even complement the spices in carrot cake. Intense APAs with their assertive, bright and zingy hops will CUT through any Mexican food (think Tacos, Quesadillas, chimichangas). The fresh lime and galangal elements in Thai and Vietnamese cuisine COMPLEMENT the hop. Finally, Double IPA’s can handle big flavours. Fried chicken, roasted meats, belly pork and barbecue ribs. Strong cheese, double cheeseburger, burnt ends, jerk pork.