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23rd October 2012
Still up and running even after several attacks by hackers and the blocking by UPS.
One is bound to ask what it is that UPS do not want their Staff to read.
Still waiting to hear from their solicitors,
I would love my day in court.
I fear it is not going to happen!
Not a UPS (United Parcel Service) strong point, “Telling the truth under oath”
Very strange that my computer gets hacked and attacked???
No matter all information is stored remotely so do your worst.


Hmmm, Daves's still up and running, What was that about UPS closing him down?

Lance Armstrong

• Armstrong formally stripped of his seven Tour titles
• UCI president Pat McQuaid will not quit his post
• McQuaid: "Lance Armstrong has no place in cycling."

The UCI accepted the findings of the United States Anti-Doping Agency which found Armstrong guilty of masterminding sport’s most elaborate doping conspiracy.

At a hotel in Geneva today, the UCI came under intense pressure to explain how Armstrong was able to cheat while dominating the Tour de France and the Federation’s own failure to address the issue. Pat McQuaid, the UCI president, refused to resign and dismissed allegations contained in the USADA report that the board accepted a $100,000 donation from Armstrong to hush up a failed dope test in 2002.

The UCI will meet again on Friday to rule on whether to sue Armstrong for his career prize money earnings and to establish a “truth and reconciliation” commission to encourage more riders to reveal the depth of doping during the Armstrong era.

The six-month suspensions against the other riders from the United States Postal Services team who also confessed to doping have been upheld by the UCI.

The federation will decide in the future whether to award Armstrong’s Tour de France victories to other riders.

McQuaid quoted John F Kennedy at one stage as he called on colourful language to attack Armstrong, but behind the rhetoric there was little in the way of detail about how the UCI will address this scandal after the initial acceptance of the Usada report and punishment of Armstrong.

“This is a landmark day,” said McQuaid. “My message to cycling, to our riders, sponsors and fans is that cycling has a future. This is not the first time the sport has reached a crossroads or faced confronting the past.

"It will do so again with renewed vigour and purpose and its stakeholders and fans can be assured that it will find a new path forward.

“Lance Armstrong deserves to be forgotten in cycling. I am sorry we could not every damn one of them (dopers) red handed and thrown them out of the sport at the time. I feel sorry for the guys who raced clean and were beaten by these guys. They must feel sore now.”

McQuaid pointed to the omerta - a code of silence within the peloton - as the biggest obstacle to fighting doping and insisted the revelations contained within the USADA report came only when witnesses were faced with the prospect of perjury charges.

"When you look at this case you can see quite clearly without the assistance of police it wouldn't have happened," McQuaid added.

"It wasn't until the intervention of the federal agents in the United States, when they called these riders in and they placed a gun and a badge in front of them on the table and told them 'you are facing a grand jury, you now must tell the truth'. Those riders broke down and many of them did break down.

"The UCI doesn't have those powers, USADA themselves don't have those powers and most of the major busts in doping these days are done by police."

The testimony of 11 former team-mates of Armstrong was key and they received six-month bans, which were also ratified by the UCI.

McQuaid added: "The UCI will also recognise the sanctions imposed on the riders who testified against Lance Armstrong; UCI indeed thanks them for telling their stories."

One down, two to go

Complicit media

2 weeks down the line from my chaser e-mails................................absolutely bugger all

That's

HSE
VOSA
IOC
Unite
CIPD

etc., etc., etc.

Davis the pleb - UPS Pay rises

In terms of total compensation in 2010, UPS Chief executive officer Scott Davis received $10. 7 million, which represented a 73 percent increase from the previous year. Stock awards for Davis jumped 100 percent to a company-high $7.8 million.

Other executives seeing significant growth in total compensation were Chief operating officer David Abney and Chief financial officer Kurt Kuehne. Abney’s total compensation raised 72 percent to $4.3 million, while Kuehne received a 47 percent jump to $2.8 million.

Meanwhile, UPS as a company, had profits skyrocket 62 percent in 2010 to an astonishing $3.5 billion.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, Mr UPS employee, what was your pay rise in 2010? Did you even get one?

I was going to say us plebs at the bottom end got relatively bugger all, but no, look at what a pleb is

Nowadays, a pleb is one associated with those in the lower class. They often lack integrity and sophistication, while many people who consider themselves modern-day patricians often lookdown and mock them.

Davis, you lack integrity, you are a pleb.

UPS managers lack integrity, they are plebs.

Davis, Savile & Armstrong

Following on from the discussion on Radio 5 Live last Sunday night regarding Sir Jimmy Savile, on Monday there was a very interesting programme called Peddlers-Cyclings dirty truth. It is well worth a listen even if you aren't interested in cycling. Not sure how Lance Armstrong can get out of this one.

There should be an amnesty in sport now so that everyone can come clean (so to speak)
The implication is that almost every sport is affected.

Peddlers: Cycling's Dirty Truth

Mon, 15 Oct 12

Duration:
112 mins

Mark Chapman lifts the lid on the secret world of drug abuse in cycling. With contributions from former Tour de France cyclists Tyler Hamilton, Matt De Canio, Christophe Basson. Lance Armstrong's former soigner Emma O'Reilly tells us about an abuse that was rife inside his US Postal Service Team during their period of dominance. British cyclist David Millar also outlines how the present and future of the sport are a different proposition.

Radio Player

also available as a Podcast

In both programmes you could take out Saville and Armstrong and insert UPS.

People who wanted to know, knew about it
I've never tested positive (Never been caught)
Prayed on by their bosses
Complict media, nobody listens
Bullied out of the sport
If everyone is doing it you have to do it
Code of silence
career destroyed for speaking out
its all about connections
sociopaths have enablers around them
by not saying it you are lying as well
courage not to dope, moral courage to stand up
knew difference between right and wrong
head in the sand
Basson rounded on by Armstrong for publishing
laws protect the guilty and rich
vilified for speaking the truth
all complicit in the structure
with bullies, he who blinks first
pure and simple bullying
telling the truth would piss off alot of people
completely cast out into the wilderness
humiliating climbdown
If I'm shooting at something it needs to be shot at
pilloried for coming clean

Rio Ferdinand

......and others.

I agree with Rio.

There is alot of noise about kicking racism out of football, but little action.

His actions yesterday will have done more to raise the profile than the actual campaign itself, which other than days like yesterday, is largely quite.

But it reflects society. What is the difference between racism in football and racism in the streets? What is the difference between violence at football and violence in the streets? What is the difference between win at all costs in football and the win at all costs in business?

UPS on Glassdoor

Glassdoor?

Search millions of job listings and see company salaries, reviews, and inside connections for any company…

There's a theme that I recognise

Cons – long hours and a never ending supply of admin

Cons – lack of promotion based on merit and actual ability, management team selected on basis of who you know and not what you know, cliquey atmosphere. not interested in helping employees reach their potential. working environment could be better, cramped office space, bad building maintainence. inability to apply its own policies.

Cons – Immediate micromanagement from Staff level management made it difficult to set and achieve goals. Often times instructions were given from upper management that conflicted with UPS policies and practices. You were forced to choose between team loyalty and being "Blackballed" and the policyies that were preached.

Cons – The organization is a 24 hour operation. Expect to work long hours to make sure the job is completed proficiently and the shipments are out at the scheduled departure time. "Burn out" is the norm during the holiday season.

Cons – Long hours - can't go home until all packages are delivered. Hard, physical labor.

Cons – longer working hours due to earlier reporting time and shorter lunch break, but it all depends on department. Not much staffs benefits

Cons – The workspace, an industrial warehouse setting, at times can be extremely hostile between managers and hourly employees. There is an air of mistrust and typically unprofessional interactions take place regularly. Upper management's practices can often be counter intuitive and counter productive.

Cons – very little gratitude for hard work, its all about the time clock. i'm a young petite non-athletic female and "union rules" were an excuse supervisors used when refusing to help me with packages twice my own weight

Cons – Poor management, verbal abuse, unobtainable numbers

Cons – Impossible speed and accuracy expectations, and an atmosphere of insane competition made this experience unpleasant. The fastest people couldn't meet their numbers.

Cons – -Sometimes management does not know what they are doing -There are some people that should be fired, but still working there

Cons – Horrible work life balance, a lot of pointless conference calls that do not deliver results but rather waste time, accountability should be handled on a face to face basis.

Cons – old boy network in the management ranks, hard working dependable supervisors often passed over for promotion based on willingness of others to cow tow to upper management higher seniority bargaining group members often set poor examples for younger members by depending on union to support poor performing workers too few full time employment opportunities

Cons – (This is from personal experience and only with the store I worked at, as far as I know)
The hours are not flexible at all. If you need time off for injuries or illness, you tend to lose your job in your absence. If asked to amend the job due to an injury they are unwilling to comply and tell you to take the time off. The store is unwilling to back up claims of rule breaking with evidence when asked. (one specific situation was a simple glance at the security video). It is difficult to work a second job with this job and they are unwilling to schedule around your other job or classses. Ability to advance from a store associate is difficult, though not impossible.

Cons – Safety, management, lack of promotion.

Cons – Management is questionable to say the least. Fast paced and Hardworking environment. Supervisors really do nothing except supervise. Bad weather depending on location.

Cons – A lot of time is spent away from home! You are required to be working almost all day! If you go in early thinking you can call it a day early, you're mistaken! You need to plan to be there for the duration! There are too many bosses giving orders! The communication is really poor from the Division levels down to the hourly employees.! The work demand is extremely high and you had better work round-the-clock to complete your tasks or you'll work even longer hours because you will be working on Action Plans! There are many responsibilities and you need to be thick-skinned or you won't make it in the UPS family!

Cons – Attitudes of entitled workers can lead to drama queens, negativity, and lower moral. That being said, supervisors are just as bad if not worse in the sense that they feel manipulation, constant yelling, and verbal abuse is the way to encourage your workforce to work harder.

Cons – Managers can be thuggish in handing out discipline. Union dues. Seniority based advancement means a long wait for full-time work (I have been waiting 7+ years with no relief in sight). Unfair Production Standards.

Cons – Management in other depts can be unhelpful and demanding. Higher management seem have lost connection with company ideals regarding employees.

& there's loads more pages

 

Glassdoor website

D Scott Davis

It pays to be dishonest.

Ask Rebekah Brooks

 

UPS pressroom

Quote:

"Innovation, execution and growth capture the UPS of yesterday, today and tomorrow. It is a simple formula for our past successes and a roadmap for the future. "

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Scott Davis is chairman and chief executive officer of UPS, one of the world's largest publicly-traded logistics companies.
Under Scott's leadership, UPS has made significant improvements in its logistics network as the company has expanded its reach and capabilities through Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Davis has presided over rapid growth in international operations and supply chain and freight.
In 2010, Scott led a strategic transformation of the company's U.S. small package organizational structure. Also, he has overseen UPS's status as a sustainability leader, including improvements in the fuel efficiency of the UPS air and ground fleet, along with the deployment of the industry's largest alternative fuel fleet.
Scott is a leading advocate for increased global trade and export growth. In 2010, he joined the President's Export Council, the principal national advisory committee on international trade. He also is a member of the Business Roundtable. At the end of 2009, he completed a term as chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
In addition to his leadership in public policy, Davis is on the Board of Honeywell International, Inc. He serves as a trustee of the Annie E. Casey Foundation and is a member of The Carter Center Board of Councilors.
Prior to assuming his current position in 2008, Scott was vice chairman and chief financial officer. He has held a variety of other leadership positions at UPS. He joined the UPS Management Committee in 2001.
He joined UPS in 1986 when the company acquired Oregon aviation technology company, II Morrow. He had served as the chief financial officer and then CEO.
A native of Oregon, Davis earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Portland State University.

From Wiki

D. Scott Davis is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of United Parcel Service (UPS) of America, Inc.

Biography

Davis has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Portland State University and is a Certified Public Accountant. After graduating from college in 1974, he first worked for accounting firm Arthur Andersen.^[3] A native of Medford, Oregon, Davis joined UPS in 1986 when the company acquired II Morrow, an Oregon technology company.
Davis completed a term as chairman of the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta in 2009. He is also on the Board of Honeywell International, Inc., and in 2010, joined the President's Export Council, the principal national advisory committee on international trade
While CEO of UPS in 2008, D. Scott Davis earned a total compensation of $5,168,664, which included a base salary of $960,000, a cash bonus of $176,944, stocks granted of $3,564,087, options granted of $437,619, and other compensation of $30,014.

 From Forbes

• Total Compensation $7.20 mil
• 5-Year Compensation   $15.06 mil
• Education: College: Portland State University BBA Graduate School: NA