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3.5/5 rDev -9.6%
07-08-2014 12:26:44 | More by ShanePB
3/5 rDev -22.5%
07-08-2014 05:26:03 | More by Rifugium
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06-16-2014 21:37:08 | More by Rejean
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05-26-2014 20:58:42 | More by Beersnake1
Ontario (Canada)
3.71/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Bottle from Rapido in Gatineau.
A - Pours a murky amber colour with one finger of off white head that goes fast. Decent carbonation. Spatterings of thick lace, minimal retention.
S - Big bourbon and dark fruit, boozy, sugary. Seemed less interesting to start, but came through with dark cherry and some darker malt character.
T - Less boozy than aroma leads on. Bourbon still definitely there with sugary sweetness and dark fruit. Booze is there but certainly not offensive.
M - Mild carbonation, full body, sweet and slightly bourbony but also very dry.
O/D - This definitely doesn't break any new ground on the barrel aging front, but it is a tasty beer. However, I have to admit this grew on me a lot. It became complex, stayed sweet, less boozy, and stayed interesting. Not a bad shot at the game.
Serving type: bottle
05-05-2014 23:06:32 | More by tbeckett
Ontario (Canada)
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04-05-2014 02:25:28 | More by DaPan
Quebec (Canada)
4.25/5 rDev +9.8%
03-19-2014 14:02:23 | More by DannyBaldoni
Alberta (Canada)
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03-15-2014 14:32:07 | More by schnarr84
Ontario (Canada)
4.25/5 rDev +9.8%
03-09-2014 04:08:43 | More by Cycle69
Ontario (Canada)
3.5/5 rDev -9.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
From a 650 ml bottle to a snifter.
Bottle cellared since spring 2013.
This beer pours a chestnut brown with no head appearing, but a thin ring of foam. The smell is very Bourbon forward and there are also notes of vanilla, malts and some spices. The taste is sweet, Bourbon and oak with a leathery and very warm finish. The carbonation is very low and the feel is medium.
This is the second time I have tried this beer, and it has improved with age, in my opinion, but it still seems too boozy and Bourbon forward. Perhaps it is just my palate, but I did not find much more to this than the Bourbon profile.
Serving type: bottle
03-08-2014 21:28:47 | More by polloenfuego
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02-23-2014 21:35:04 | More by tom10101
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4/5 rDev +3.4%
09-14-2013 04:54:59 | More by JonnyBeers
Ontario (Canada)
3.99/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from a 660ml bomber into a stemmed tulip glass.
A: A clear dark brown with a reddish tint (russet); small fizzy head quickly dissipating to a thin bubbly collar and no lacing.
S: It leads with a big malt nose, sweet and caramel. There is a huge bourbon and vanilla nose, very boozy. A touch of dried fruit(rasins and figs) in the background.
T: Massive malts character right from the start, sweet and rich, caramel and bread. It quickly transitions to the overall predominate flavor, heavy bourbon and vanilla with a lot of alcohol. Some dried fruits, but these subtle notes are quickly overrun by the booze.
M: Medium-high body, medium carbonation; thick, warm, full.
O: A heavy, full , flavorful example of the style. Wee Heavy is a wee bit heavy on the bourbon which masks most of the other flavors in the beer. I am very curious to see how a couple years of age on this beer will affect the flavor!
Serving type: bottle
09-09-2013 14:57:42 | More by mtomlins
2.75/5 rDev -28.9%
08-15-2013 01:30:12 | More by DonFrap
Quebec (Canada)
4.25/5 rDev +9.8%
08-02-2013 02:50:53 | More by Krakpoff
4.1/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A-brown amber color with a smallish light tan head and a little lacing
S-caramel, malt, bourbon, nutty, vanilla
T-butterscotch, caramel, malt, oak, bourbon, vanilla
F-medium body with light carbonation, smooth and maybe a little hot
O-a nice sipping wee heavy, really benefits from the bourbon but a little hot now, would probably benefit from some aging
Serving type: bottle
07-06-2013 13:00:37 | More by MDDMD
New York
4.5/5 rDev +16.3%
07-02-2013 02:14:01 | More by JRod1969
Quebec (Canada)
3.08/5 rDev -20.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
Pours a lightly cloudy red-amber with a dash of tan head that hardly sticks around before dropping down to a ring around the edge of the glass.
Sour hop notes, alcohol, nuts, vanilla, rust.
Really intense sweetness right off the bat with some definite bourbon flavors throughout.
Slimy, not much carbonation, gradually warms and gets stick sweet and malty but eventually calms down and leaves a bourbony-boozy afterglow.
Not bad, not good either, though. I personally detest the whole obsession with experimentation with crazy non-beer flavors, so I wasn't expecting to like it. It was better than I had hope but you can really tell it was aged in bourbon.
Serving type: bottle
05-11-2013 23:54:40 | More by TheDoctor
Wee Heavy Bourbon from Microbrasserie Le Castor
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I leave for a few months as I am no longer getting enough work to make the money worth while. I come back and I am promised full time work through the end of the year (does not happen). I pretend I believe this because it makes my principle happy. Now every time I have left something screwy happens with my reimbursement check (Yay!) so, once again, I get that straightened out. I know they regularly short myself hours and have decided not to make it worth my while to call them on it. They also do this with their other employees and when called on it the principle sometimes accuses them of billing more hours than they worked and dishonesty. I am at the point that I just record how many hours I work and what they pay me so if I ever need legal leverage I will have it. And no, they do not follow the state's overtime laws.
I am told things are slow again and they need to send me to a different project which I agree too. Then, I get a call from a representative from a federal agency asking if I know what I am getting myself into. Apparently, at least as far as this person is concerned, the project in question has already broken a long list of federal laws/regulations and tells me that it is not in my best interest to be out there. I bring this up to the principle who tells me there is absolutely nothing weird about this project and tells me to trust him and I need to go out there to continue to build a relationship with company (I've been here a year, they know who I am)...I fake it. Despite him telling me absolutely nothing about the project except that it is completely normal and everything is on the up and up, everything I know about the project is from word of mouth, including senior project managers, who basically have nothing good to say about it. Despite the fact that my skill set is a dime a dozen according to the client we will be working for they are paying premium for our services as every person they have brought on, approximately 8 people, so far has been either been fired or quit.
So I go out there with what might be the least qualified team, or motivated team, that one could put together given the circumstances. The only other person who was truly qualified besides myself was replaced because she was taking it to seriously (this is opinion and as if actually doing our jobs when we are under a massive amount of federal scrutiny is a bad thing). Then of course a representative from a federal agency shows up. My supervisor acts like this is could have never been expected despite I more or less told him that this would likely happen (the representative had texted the person who took her job too seriously but we were unable to communicate this as we were told to have not any contact with the federal agencies. He also texted about how unqualified the people that were being sent out there were). Everyone freaks out as the man in question says he is coming back the next day. Despite this, no plan on how handle the situation is made, or at least communicated to the people who were going to actually have to deal with him. He comes out and my current supervisor tells me to show him around, until the principle finds out. Despite having a legal right to see what was going on and the power to make our lives and the clients lives miserable the principle calls me up and tells me to keep him away from the project (and on the bright side is fine with me telling him that those were my orders since this man has the power to effectively revoke my approval for any up coming projects). I end up getting permission from the client so were in the clear.
I show him around but he is not pleased about the level of unprofessionalism he had been greeted with. He indicates that he will try to use his powers to try to limit the future work for the company I work for and the client as he feels he is being messed with (ignoring the fact that he thinks multiple federal laws have already been broken). He also makes it clear that he knows that some of the permit(s) that we applied for did not have accurate information for our qualifications (At least one was out of date but had been "updated" and signed in person's name).
My supervisor is now unhappy with me and gives me a long (hour +)speech about protecting our employer from themselves (I've done this but not against direct orders). He says that I should have called him to make the final call and not the person that actually pays me and not making this call is due to my lack of experience. I end up telling the project manager I am considering going home because this is an incredibly crappy team and I question my supervisor's leadership skills. Issues with my supervisor in three weeks out there: telling me to disobey direct orders from someone above both of us since his judgement call got him in trouble, lying to the face of a representative of a federal agency and appearing to encourage me to also lie, giving me instructions that are not his call to make (ended up calling the project manager who told him to stop), asking me to submit to him my reports (unprecedented and looks very fishy, once again called up the project manager and said this was not happening, the project manager said they had not asked for this and to continue as previously instructed), distracted people from actually doing their jobs for hours on end. He successfully alienated myself, the representative of a federal agency, and even when new people came out, the clients people, they ended up calling the person who did her job to well, despite she was four hours away, for her expertise instead of him, who was on site with them, as they had apparently decided he did not know what he was talking about. Perhaps the most annoying, and possibly related to distracting employees for hours on end, was his constant need for attention. He seemed to want to eat of with everyone at the end of every day and even on weekends wanted would try to organize hiking expeditions and going to the movies. It got old really fast.
Now I am back on the old project. It is my understanding the company is in the red, rumor has it the powers that be are contacting potential clients about their lack of ethics, and my colleagues are trying to make sure that those with the most marketable skill sets for upcoming projects are also on the competitors bids so our company does not have an advantage at getting the contract since they want to be with a company with a better reputation, pay, and does not regularly short them hours.
On some level my situation is of my own making as I am still with them but I have been unable to find work else where. Things are incredibly slow and despite being under paid and regularly having my hours shorted I am doing better than most in this industry (those who aren't working). Still my moral is low and it is hard faking stupidity on a regular basis (though I am treated better than most employees if your not counting pay).
I will likely be laid off in the next few weeks, likely for my own good, as all of the bids the company is putting out keep falling through (can't imagine why).
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Absentee OwnerNow, instead of being gone from the office 3 days a week, my boss comes in when no one's here to sign letters and leave tapes. So all those "Get with me about such&such" are just so much wasted directions I have to listen to!Add a ReplyLink:
The Director of Production Operations at Evoke Productions is a HORRIBLE communicator!!Have you ever met someone at first and think they've got it together? Well this is what you think when you first come in contact with [initials removed]. She's well versed in the corporate jargon (for the most part) and will tell you what you want to hear until the cows come home. But soon after, you begin to realize that when hard, detailed answers are required, she will string these corporate buzz words together to form a non-cohesive sentence. About mid-way through her babbling, you feel your brain cells pop like a bag of Orville Reddenbacher. To attempt to clarify what she just said by summing up the ridiculous rant is only to have her look at you in a dumbfounded manner as if it was you who was the idiot. With ZERO production experience other than her 2 years in a backwards run studio, she doesn't offer up any real world solutions but instead, deflects upper management issues upon us associates. She's a master manipulator that uses the art of corporate bs (crafted by her childlike mentor [initials removed]) by nodding and pacifying her way into your naive heart in hopes of having you believe she cares about the issue at hand, your professional future or even that you are a human being. Never trust this woman. She doesn't care about anything or anyone but moving up in the corporate ladder. I hope someone figures her out.
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I'm SO BUSY (With my Iphone and my feet on my desk)My boss sucks. He is a horrible human being and a huge moron. Not only do I have to deal with him but I also have to deal with all of the huge morons that I'm forced to hire because of his questionable connections with all kinds of shady characters.
I'm pretty sure he just sits in his office all day and plays with himself. Literally every time I walk in there he has his feet up on his desk and his iphone out, probably texting dick pics to all of his besties or posting selfies on his Facebook page. But he definitely has time to tell you about HOW BUSY HE IS! Can I file this for him because he's SO BUSY?! Can I call and make a doctor's appointment for him because he's just WAY TOO BUSY?! Yes, that appointment needs to be moved because he's SO BUSY! He literally just walks around all day and intimidates people into working by standing behind them and sometimes publicly yelling at them in front of everyone else in their department. Sometimes he'll even bring someone into his office and yell at them while banging his fist on the desk. He has great communication skills. Really knows how to get his point across with as little tact as possible.
The best part is that he knows very little about the industry that we're in and the job that the rest of us do and that he's supposed to do. It is absolute craziness. Don't even THINK about telling him that he's wrong about something. NOPE! Not possible! He purposefully never puts anything in writing because then he might actually be held responsible for the ridiculous incompetence he demonstrates on a daily basis. He'll just reply verbally to your emails then conveniently forget what he told you when you act on his verbal direction. Oh, you have no idea what I'm talking about? Shocking!
I was never supposed to even work for this asshole! I was supposed to be "on the same level" as him and have the same amount of influence. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA good one!
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BASS PRO SHOPS ARIZONAThe management at Bass Pro Shops in Mesa AZ has got to be the sorriest group of "humans" that has ever stepped foot on Earth!!!This company has seriously failed at providing an educated management staff to support and guide its employees. Each and every one of them has displayed a lack of common sense that even a newborn would possess. Not one of them can give a straight forward response to a question or take ownership of the decision that THEY made (instead they pawn it off on someone else who is not there to defend themselves). There is one in particular whom I refer to as Miss Piggy ( if you ever read this you will know I am talking about you!!!!). She will harass the only employees who exceed her communication, organization, and merchandising skills and nitpick at every little insignificant thing they do just to make herself look good. Unfortunately for her, everyone KNOWS that she does this! It's absolutely pathetic! (EVERYONE HATES YOU AND YOUR FAT FACE!!!!!). This lady is new to the management position here and she has already secured her reputation of being the BIG FAT SNAKE of the management team. Congratulations B***CH!Add a ReplyLink:
unprofessional I worked for Keating of Chicago and this is by far the worst company to ever work for or be a customer of. I have never been more disrespected in the work place in my life. The daughter is an absolute back stabber who thinks she is amazing and everyone else is garbage. She treats everyone as they are illiterate and dumb. Everyone in this company is out to get you, and you will be sabotaged from day one. The biggest 2 face of the entire company is a woman named Pat, she will act as if she's your best friend to get your entire life story just to use it against you. She talks the most about everyone ans seems to hate her job and everyone there but will act as fake as a $2 dollar bill to them. Nothing you do is right in this company and u can't succeed here when everyone wants u to fail. Nobody works together just against everyone. They even go as far as putting customers on hold just to call them names and talk about how stupid they are.the daughter needs to get an awakening the hard way because not even her fiance can stand her. She will dis respect her mother right in front of everyone on a daily basis... And the receptionist that will train you Read 1 Replies | Add a ReplyLink: User Feedback:Close Replies
Posted by Ex-Keating on 02/13/2014:
Spoiled arrogant bossesI worked for KEATING OF CHICAGO. A co-worker have me a heads up so this is my story. I was working for shipping and receiving little that I knew when I started that I was working for the anti-crises the mother to the children. I busted my ass for this place giving up my lunches so I can get there stupid orders out without any training I leaned the whole system but that wasn't good enough. Well I learned quickly that once I made a mistake that I was going to be yelled at in front of people and made to look like I was stupid in front of people if it wasn't for a co-worker who worked in the office and had my back and let me know that I need to just swallow there igeronance and just do my job and not take it to heart. The son is a lazy spoiled brat who just wants someone to do all of his work. The daughter is a pre moddanna who thinks she is gods gift and the mother the queen B who is the most raicist person on the planet they all think they can treat people like crab and talk to people the way they want well they have a ruined awaking cz they ran into someone who's not going to take there crap everyone who's worked for this company has hated it cause these people do not know how to run a company and deal with customers. They act nice to your face but once u walk away they had mouth u so bad but little do they know without there staff they would be lost they over price the merchandise and there pots and griddles are garbage there pots are always coming back defective. If u ever work for there shipping department be aware that ur going to bust your ass for little pay cause the mother is so cheap u work for little pay and basically run the warehouse cause the son is to busy cleaning his car and acting like he is still a cop which by the way he got fired from cause he's a duache ill killed my self for this company and as a temp and they had no intention of hiring me permint Read 1 Replies | Add a ReplyLink: User Feedback:Close Replies
Posted by keating on 10/11/2013:
Career is overAt the ripe old age of 43, my career is over. I worked at a Ivy league university in upstate NY as a biological research technician for 12 years for the same principal investigator. His field of expertise was folate and one carbon metabolism and the development of neural tube defects. I will not write his name but anyone with a high school education could look up this person and find out everything they want to know. When I first started in his lab, I had just ended a 6 year relationship and moved across the country to take the job. I still owned a home in another state that I was trying to sell, so money was really tight. At first, when I met my boss he was very distant and rather rude. I was a little nervous because I really needed this job and could not afford to move again. I was emotionally exhausted as well as financially. So I chalked it up to being tired and stressed and just did my best. Things in his lab seemed to be out of control. There were some severe personality issues with some of his workers. He confided in me that one of his students was insane and the other technician was a simple minded person with no problem solving skills. At first, I thought how nice of him to warn me but a part of me was shocked that he would say such negative things about his employees and students. As time went along, I found my own way in his lab, but things always seemed to be in a state of chaos. Someone was always mad at someone else. Slowly, I made friends with everyone or at least found some common ground to which we could relate on. The 'crazy' graduate student was not really crazy she was labeled that way by the boss because she did something he did not like. I was not employed there at the time so I could not make a decision on what happened. One day the boss called down to the lab and asked me to meet with him, so I grabbed my notebook and proceeded to his office. He just wanted to chat about my progress and how I was doing. He basically again stated that the other technician was stupid and jealous of me and the other graduate student was crazy and said she hated me. I was dumbfounded because the 'crazy' graduate student and I were actually good friends outside of work and the other technician had no reason to be jealous. This bothered me but I still kept working and just thought it was a personality clash between the graduate student and the boss. I should have started paying more attention but I did not. The crazy graduated student left and I thought that may be things would get better but they did not. In fact they started to get worse for the other technician. She started getting picked on by the boss. He would make derogatory statements behind her back like she was stupid. I did not get it, something seemed wrong with a boss that would come down to the lab when the other technician was not there and proceed to talk badly about her behind her back with me and graduate students. I felt bad for this technician, I just did not know what to do.
After the other technician left because she could no longer take the hot seat. He targeted me. He mobbed me, made fun of me behind my back with graduate students and other technicians, marginalized me and the final straw was to hire a graduate student I had trained to be my boss. I still held my head up high and never reacted to any of his taunts. I finally told someone that I thought he was a sociopathic bully and I so much stated loud enough for the world to hear. It was then he rendered the final blow to my career and basically let my employment end. I think he would have killed me if he thought he could get away with it. However he has continued to assault my character even after I am gone. I should have left 7 years ago but did not and I regret it so much now, guess I will not have much to regret much longer. Without a place to live or food in my belly I will soon succumb to the elements and die. I don't care really. I don't trust humans much anymore after some of the things he did. I will not raise a finger to hurt him, I would rather just die. Oh by the way, he was named department chair and oh the chaos is now on a global scale and the department is imploding with jealousy between workers etc. One person even committed suicide after she was let go from her job. This man manipulates other people to go after his targets. He particularly likes young women because they are so easy to manipulate into a mobbing frenzy. He is the person behind all of the cat fights that have been going on in his lab and in the department.
The only thing the university has done was to give a survey to the employees to find out why they would leave their job for another if they could. It was supposed to be anonymous but of course it wasn't and was used as a tool to go after people. This man should be stopped but I think the University will probably give him what he wants. He wants to be Dean! God help everyone at this university if it is to be!
This is important for other women. Do not be tricked into cat fighting with other ladies. Please. It is a trick used by people to create chaos. I am not a big feminist but if women would stop infighting and seriously help each other they could do and go and be anything.
I will tell the rest of the story, but at the present I find myself unemployed and on my last dime. I am selling or giving away most of my worldly property because I can not find a job and when I do get an interview, it goes great until they check my references. I will tell more later if there is a later for me. I just wanted someone to hear some of the story, that is not all of the story. There is so much more but at least I told some of it. He can't do anything to me anymore, I have lost everything. I am done. Best wishes to everyone. Peace.Read 1 Replies | Add a ReplyLink: User Feedback:Close Replies
Posted by innerwinner on 11/14/2013:
Untitledwhen I first started at a local restaurant,I was hired as cashier. Everything went good until I made a mistake while typing in a customers order,the manager (who shall remain nameless) pulled me off the cashier and told me that I had to ask the other cashier questions and practice using the register. It gets worse when the manager called me to the back and told me "I don't have to have you working here" and held up a bunch of applications from other applicants saying "I could've hired someone else and given them the job" since the manager told me that she wasn't going to be at work that day,id figure id go in to work just to be on the safe side; however,being on the safe side didn't work out because I called my boss to see what day to come in and work she told me "we won't be needing you anymore,I told you not to come in to work when I wasn't there and you went in any way" long story short,I shouldn't have tried to earn brownie points or gotten on the boss' good side when your the new girl on the fast food block.Add a ReplyLink:
DQ North TopekaBoss sits in his office all day playing on the internet and every time you say something to him he acts as if he is super busy. All he has to do after starting the machines is count the money and this takes like an hour. He will wait till its almost time to leave then act like oh I'm super busy, I still have to count the money. Well maybe if you weren't on youtube or what ever all day it wouldn't be a problem. Oh and lets not forget how he acts like he works 80 hours a week but barely puts in 40. Coming in at 9 or 930, 5 days a week and not actually working but leaving as early as 330 some days is not a 40 hour work week. Its not 40 unless you actually WORK, just standing around in the building doesn't count. I wish I made 50 grand a year just sitting on my butt.Add a ReplyLink:
WD-40 ReallyToday at work, I work for a hospitality food service, my HR Manager suggested I use WD-40 to treat my chronic knee injury. The injury is workers comp related. She said to use WD-40. Really? Read 2 Replies | Add a ReplyLink: User Feedback:Close Replies
Posted by walking by on 05/08/2013:
I hate my lifeI'm just your average paralegal. I go in and do my work and get my paycheck. I recently graduated from college and started working at a small law firm in Kansas City. Worst boss ever, even his name is "dickman."
Why is it bad? because he does NOTHING! He comes in at 9:00 am, hangs out for half and hour, complains about nothing, harasses me, and then leaves. 12:00pm he comes back in, goes on the phone, complains that I wouldn't do some stupid stuff for him, and then go back out. 3:00 pm, he comes in and complain about his life and all this other crap about "i'm trying to help you."
let me explain my work week. Monday: we have 40 cases to work on. He does nothing and I'm basically an attorney. I write all the documents and work on all the cases. He does NOTHING. He had a vacation on tuesday and wanted me to write a motion for continuance. I looked into his calender and it stated "Tuesday-trial." So I write a motion for continuance based on the trial schedule. I sent it to his email, he was like "fine, file it." i do so. Next week he comes in and say "why did you file the document. I didn't have trial but mediation." Although his calender said trial. I tried to object and he's like "how did you even graduate from college." I graduated because I worked hard and passed, not like you you.
Tuesday, I'm working on discovery. He wants me to stop everything and put together 30 folders. Discovery is due on wenesday. i don't have time for this. He's like "I don't care if you stay here till 3:00 am, get it done." Says the boss who made the disorganized and then force his paralegal to put it together. What kind of idiot would do such a thing?
Wednesday, i had to deal with his traffic folder. Basically no guidelines on what to do. Just shoved it in my face and walked off. I did my best at organizing it. I wrote letters and told him about some of the cases. He told me that he would call the clients. (note, we ourselves cannot call clients. Only he can). Later on in the week, he's like "where's the letter to the clients?" I stated "you told me not to write them and you would call them." He sighed and shook his head like he was some king. He went on a rant about how I'm incompetent, how this is boot camp, how he can't understand me, and how i filed a document misleading the court (note that he said, "yes file it"). So I got yelled at and told i was on probation and he would put me on administrative stuff and avoid working on the cases.
Thursday, he comes in complaining on me for filing the documents, traffic that he messed up, how I shouldn't have graduated from college, how he can't hear me, and every single thing alive. I had to basically sit in his office with my head down and listen to his hour rant. He then receives a call but couldn't understand how to use caller ID. He asked me for the number which i relayed. I screwed up on one number, well guess I shouldn't have graduated from college. Called incompetent again, and was sent a bunch of emails reminding me of this. After all that, he tells me to work till 3 am again to fix his cases. I asked for a key because I'm staying late. Guess what? I got yelled because he doesn't have a key and i wouldn't make him a key.
Friday, he makes me stop working on everything. Note we have a trial next week. He wants me to work on his computers. His computers even though I know no IT. Since i can't do it, I got yelled at for being incompetent, how did I even graduate from college, why I can't speak his "english," and why I'm not a hard worker.
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Posted by tired of jerks at work on 12/23/2012:
My boss wants me goneMy new boss has told all my staff he wants me gone and I'm useless! But he hasn't mentioned this to me just tells me I'm doing great what am I to do???Read 2 Replies | Add a ReplyLink: User Feedback:Close Replies
Posted by econobiker on 12/10/2012:
Beware of Total Healthcare Staffing in Bellmore, (long Island), NY .Beware of Total Healthcare Staffing in Bellmore, (long Island), NY . They tell you to come in and sign up with their office because they have so many cases, it's a lie... it takes like 6 months or more before they call you for a job. Once you sign up, then they go to various companies with a bunch of resumes telling them they have this many nurses available to work, just to get a contract. Once they finally get a case/contract, they will call you expecting you work the next day. I really needed a second job so I put up with all their crap; cases being canceled after I already left my house and then they refused to pay for travel time, being yelled at by schedulers because I refused to take last minutes cases, being told one pay rate and getting another on my check... I finally had enough when they deducted money from my check and their response was they over paid me. It was another lie. I refused to work until I got my money back and it still took over 6 months to finally get it all back.Add a ReplyLink:
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By B.J. Drye, Editor
Monday, October 29, 2012 —
Charles Hubert Harris overcame many obstacles in his life, but his family says his greatest attribute was helping others overcome obstacles, whether it be through entertaining or working to save someone's life.
He battled heart issues, lymphoma and other health problems, and survived an injury atop a former grain silo, but it was the after effects of a heart attack that claimed his life Thursday.
On Friday afternoon, several family members spoke about his life and his impact on others.
Albemarle City Council-woman Martha Sue Hall, Harris' daughter, talked about how his police career helped save lives.
She said one man who Harris had repeatedly stopped for driving while impaired, later told her how he had cleaned himself up, and that it was Harris who led him that way.
Another story Hall told was of Harris saving a boy who had almost completely cut his leg off. As a first responder Harris held the boy's leg together until they made it to the hospital. Later, she said, the boy became a track star at South Stanly High.
After retiring as assistant police chief for Norwood in 1989, Harris devoted much of his time to entertaining, another way of helping others.
"He never met a stranger. Once you met him, you never forgot him. Most people I've ever met know of him," said granddaughter Morgan Hall Schultz.
Schultz talked about how she grew up at a place called Chollywood, which for nearly 20 years was a music and dance scene in Norwood.
"I was probably there 90 percent of the weekends from when I was born until I went to college," she said.
"It was like stepping back in time. When you were at Chollywood, all your problems were gone."
Son Charles David Harris spoke of how Chollywood's name originated.
"Dad said, 'Dolly has Dollywood, so why not Chollywood?' " This incorprated a phonetic interpretation of Charles — Cholly — and the last half of Norwood. Thus in the late 1980s, Chollywood was born, entertaining several regular guests, as well as visitors from far as Japan and New Zealand.
"There were as many as 15 band members at one time," Charles David Harris said.
"He definitely enjoyed his retirement playing music."
In addition to playing at Chollywood, the elder Harris would perform at festivals, Maness Music Barn near Carthage, Hwy. 705 Music Hall in Seagrove and other places.
In fact, Harris drove to Fuquay-Varina to perform last Sunday afternoon. So in his last days, he was still entertaining others.
"We started playing when we were young," Charles David Harris said, "kind of like a bluegrass Partridge Family."
While bluegrass, country and gospel were his main forms of entertainment, the patriarch did step out of his comfort zone on a few occasions to dabble in theatre.
Albemarle resident Martha Chapman was director and music director for the Uwharrie Players production of "Cotton Patch Gospel." She asked Harris to perform the musical part.
"It was the first time I had ever asked non theatre people to participate with that," Chapman said Saturday morning.
She gave him a script to read over and finally agreed to take part.
"He just made that production. We loved having him there and he talked about how he loved being there," Chapman said.
"He just came right him and fit right him and added so much to our production."
Chapman said he brought his band to play along.
"He could play anything I needed, and if he couldn't do it, he could find somebody that could.
"He just had such a great attitude. We just loved him."
Son Tracy Lee Harris spoke of his father's willingness to provide for his fellow man, such as cutting down trees for firewood so someone in need would be able to heat his home and his fundraising to battle leukemia.
"He knew how to pinch a penny, but he was so helpful in knowledge," Tracy Harris said.
He would go prisons as a Gideon and some of the inmates would write letters thanking him.
"He was a dreamer of big time dreams, and a lot of them came true," Harris said.
"He loved life, he loved music, he loved people," Martha Sue Hall said.
"Daddy was probably the most determined person I have ever known."


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|Feb. 9, 2014
|Topic: Bats
Discussion: What's the best bat for open tournaments?
Dave D. word it how you wish however once again the above post sounds like a blatent "offer to sell". Just like some of the others. Thought you made it quite clear.
|Jan. 22, 2014
|Topic: Players looking to join a team
Discussion: Player looking for 70s team
Who have you played for and waft level. Add contact information thanks
|Jan. 17, 2014
|Topic: Rules of the game
Discussion: Equalizer runs
If a cheetah can run at 40mph and a ardvark only 10 mph how long will it take Johnny to get to the train station with 6 apples in his pocket?
|Dec. 29, 2013
|Topic: Bats
Discussion: Time to eliminate senior bats
Hey Mark.... Pretty much what i was trying to state although via tongue in cheek (humor.. to those i may offended). Still many simply cannot play with the hand (and rules) they are dealt and just be happy to be able to get our old tired bodies on and off the fields and be absolutely grateful to do it again a few weeks later.
|Dec. 28, 2013
|Topic: Bats
Discussion: Time to eliminate senior bats
Gee Whiz Guys......DBO, alumium bats, dumbed down balls, masks, screens, open middle, 400 ft hr's (ha)...blah blah blah..........WHY DON'T WE JUST ELIMATE SENIORS.........Problem solved (sorry)!
|Nov. 21, 2013
|Topic: General and miscellaneous
Discussion: Playing after knee replacement?
Webbie...hoping for a speedy recovery for you. ...Sure you'll be back at it in no time. DB 14 first base Timberworks
|Oct. 1, 2013
|Topic: General and miscellaneous
Discussion: Las Vegas Fields and Umpires
Sunset Park was not ready to host a tournament. Two porta pottys never cleaned once in 3 days (disgusting). Several of our wives came a long way to support our team and left after the first day or never came at all based on the facilities. Construction in progress also made it difficult on the fans. No double bag at first caused major controversy and problems (unacceptable). Umpires.....good calls and bad. Only suggestion is...make a call and stick with it. Enforce the correct game rules. Pros: ground crew tried to goom the infields between games and outfields were nice.
|Sept. 10, 2013
|Topic: Product review
Discussion: Softball and hot weather!!
Steve...db again. My bad i got a bit wordy. Still suffering our loss to you at the Western Worlds. What i way trying to express was... It was not necessary that a ball go 400' but one that will remain hard and fair in 85 degree + temperature conditions.
|Sept. 10, 2013
|Topic: Product review
Discussion: Softball and hot weather!!
Steve both observations listed above are equally correct. Simply put the Trump Stote above 85 degrees is garbage and has become widely known for this problem. The ROCK which is our primary BP ball several days a week agreeably shows occasional severe signs of knuckling.. however holds up very well in the heat. There is one ball (and I'm sure others) on the market that absolutely will hold up in temps 100 degrees and up. This is the FIRE ball made by Baden (not the Lexum). Unfortunately Baden is not a SSUSA sponsor which therein lies the question of cost and economics. Personally and i cannot speak for others it is not a ball that will go 400' as some believe or suggest but one that will remain hard and fair in 85 degree + temperature conditions.
|Aug. 19, 2013
|Topic: Product review
Discussion: Performance Formula
Hey Dave have been trying to contact you with no response re: bats
|July 24, 2013
|Topic: General and miscellaneous
Discussion: Las Vegas 60 M+
Timberworks Construction 60 M+ is planning on being there.
|Feb. 4, 2013
|Topic: General and miscellaneous
Discussion: 1-1 count no extra foul tourney
Millette... the issue has been voted on and a majority has spoken. Give it a rest, get over it and move on to something else!
|Feb. 3, 2013
|Topic: General and miscellaneous
Discussion: NOV 23
and....you guys must have no pride..... using someone else's technology here to be able to do something you could not do in your 20's. I'm so upset that i'm taking my community college degree and my 46" chest and i'm out the door to my next rec. league game!
|Jan. 16, 2013
|Topic: Players looking to join a team
Discussion: Tournment Pitcher from NY looking to join a team
Guys you fell for it.....you know who this guy really is....come on. It's the legend in his own mind returning to haunt us..................Gary 19
|Dec. 26, 2012
|Topic: General and miscellaneous
Discussion: survey
1 and 1 count.....terrible idea !!!!! Too many other options (as discussed on the board) to save time and try first . What's the hurry!
|Dec. 2, 2012
|Topic: Rules of the game
Discussion: Grading the Rule Changes
Webbie, personally i would not worry too much about what you read here on the board as you well know there are only a handful of those who post here vs. the huge numbers out there that make up the senior softball numbers. Trust me there are many behind the scenes who are quite vocal. The main culprit of the shortened games was the runs per inning. Regarding the 1 and 1 count a survey will be going out via SSUSA seeking input from those who receive it. Just a guess but i believe it will be voted down, however just my guess.
|Dec. 1, 2012
|Topic: Rules of the game
Discussion: Grading the Rule Changes
Just for the record....NOT every league begins with a 1 and 1 count. A very competitive and extensivenly tournament player filled league in the greater Sacramento area tried the 1 and 1 for several years. It was determined that there was not any significant time savings, the players did not welcome the change and the league voted to return to the 0 and 0 count for 2013.
|Nov. 30, 2012
|Topic: Bats
Discussion: bat
Anyone with an ounce of common sense can play this game all day long. TRY comparing apples with apples. Or at least justify your case.
|Nov. 30, 2012
|Topic: Bats
Discussion: bat
I know and hope most of you guys are all bright enough not to get suckered into a poor judgement purchase. True also... if not interested don't respond. However to "the answer" we can all play the copy and paste ebay game all day long. This is not a rare bat. Taking no sides here just offering a heads up.
COMBAT YELLOW MIKE MACENKO VERSIONSenior Softball Bat 34/29 End Loaded..... "SOLD"....
See original listing
Item condition:Used
Ended: Oct 18, 2012 14:40:07 PDT
Winning bid:US $163.28
YELLOW COMBAT Mike Macenko Senior Gear - Trump Evil BP ball - Baden Wooden Axe.........."SOLD"....
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|Oct. 23, 2012
|Topic: Bats
Discussion: Senior bat care and durability
To my fellow softball players....yes bat warmers do work. Especially so on senior bats due to the thickness/thiness of their barrels. All of the above recommendentations are in fact prudent as well. Also no need to pay $50 or more for one. If you are creative and observant you can make your own. Just my personal experience and in no way scientific however they have allowed me to add a bit more life to my bats. Hope this helps. Gary 19 no need to chirp in on this one but i'm sure you will.


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Respect. Honesty. Compromise. Progress.
Alexandrians listed these and other principles for ideal civic engagement during the first "What's Next, Alexandria?" citizen engagement meeting Thursday at First Baptist Church on King Street. The city initiative aims to bring local residents into planning processes through a series of community dialogues and begin a conversation about how Alexandrians can best participate in shaping the city's future.
Some council members and council-elect members attended, as well as city management staff, department heads and almost 200 local residents. Alexandria Mayor Bill Euille told participants that cities and towns across the country are launching similar initiatives.
"We're here because we know that some of you have concerns," Euille said. "How do we know that? Because we just went through an election and campaigning and everything else, and folks were all over the map about where we are and what's wrong. But yet, we have already begun to be proactive and reactive in terms of trying to improve the political process."
He added: "I can tell you that your voice does count, and that the whole goal of this initiative is to restore that trust and to create a civic engagement process that is not only meaningful and satisfying for you, but also makes sure that the community's input and interest are reflected in every decision that we make."
John Porter, ACT for Alexandria executive director, told the crowd there is room for improvement in the city's participatory process and outreach to more local residents.
"Collaboration between citizens and their government leads to decisions that better stand the test of time," he said. "The vision for this process is to have members of the community, like you, involved actively and constructively in meaningful ways in the decisions that affect your lives and those of your neighbors."
One audience member complained loudly that he city's timetable doesn't implement any community recommendations until May, eliciting both applause and groans. Assistant City Manager Tom Gates responded that the sessions' goals were not to revisit old council decisions but rather to create a framework for emphasizing community input going forward.
Community member Allen Lomax presented the results of a recent community poll that elicited more than 1,600 responses. Respondents were asked how they participate in decision-making processes, with voting in elections and attending community associations the top two methods cited.
Respondents also reported they preferred convenient times of the day and week to participate in decision-making processes, with many saying they were too busy to participate. They also said inviting the community to participate in decision-making early in the process was most important. Development, traffic management and schools were listed as the top three community concerns.
Guest speaker Carolyn Lukensmeyer, founder of America Speaks and executive director of the National Institute for Civil Discourse, said Alexandria has a national reputation for creative planning processes and community engagement.
"This is a zeitgeist issue," she said. "We are living at a time where the tear in the fabric between citizens and their institutions, particularly their governmental institutions, but frankly, all of them, there's a gap there. People want to be more engaged, and yet a lot of the habit patterns we have about how we have engaged people are not sustainable, are not deep enough and are not dealing enough with all the complexity that is in the community."
Fundamentally, Lukensmeyer said, democracy is a conversation. "And like many other conversations, whether that's around your dining room table, or it's in your schoolroom or Rotary Club or at work, there's a set of principles about how to have a conversation that matters. And the second thing I'd like to put up there is the quality of the conversation really matters."
Toward the end of the meeting, residents participated in group exercises to determine what ideal engagement feels like, what is expected of engaged citizens and what residents expect in return for their efforts. Future community meetings are scheduled after the beginning of the new year.


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White Springs Public Library Adult Programming Coordinator Beth Kerr delivered an informative presentation Tuesday, Nov. 27 on how to manage time and money during the holidays by sticking to a budget, whereby you can actually enjoy the Christmas season.
"When Christmas rolls around I almost dread it," said Kerr. "About six weeks ago I told my friend, ohhh, I don't want Christmas to get here because there's so much extra food, extra baking, gifts for the kids and Christmas cards to mail."
Kerr has adjusted that train of thought and come up with a list of do's and dont's for the holidays. First and foremost, Kerr suggests pruning your "to-do" list down to the absolute essentials that would truly be missed if you eliminated them, and also to get rid of the activities or chores that make you feel rushed. One thing she stressed was honesty.
"Be honest with your neighbors and friends," she said. "Say, you know what? I'm trying to trim my budget. This year I really am trying to stay within a certain budget and I have to cut some things. I want to spend time with you instead. Let's have lunch at my house next week or after the holidays."
She also said to plan activities with friends and family that don't cost anything to do like visiting a local park.
One of the most stressful things about the holidays is gift giving, so Kerr suggested eliminating those habitual gift exchanges that really hold no meaning other than it's what has always been done in the past. She said chances are others will appreciate your honesty and feel relieved to do the same.
If you have children, Kerr said to be honest with them, as well, and let them know you have to set spending limits for whatever they have on their wish lists.
Kerr said that giving small meaningful gifts to friends, teachers, and others on your list that don't cost a lot are appreciated just as much, if not more than big, expensive gifts. Again, she stressed staying within your budget.
Another thing to scale back on, Kerr said, is to trim your Christmas card list and/or hand deliver cards to friends and family to save on postage. Another way to trim costs is to take advantage of free Internet e-cards or better yet, make a personal phone call to express your holiday wishes.
As for holiday decorating, Kerr said you can relieve a lot of stress by focusing on the "Big Three", meaning the front door (or whatever door your guests use), the Christmas tree and the main room of the house where you will be doing your entertaining, rather than trying to decorate your entire home.
"Some people can decorate every room and it's relaxing and exciting for them," said Kerr.
She spoke about her mother, who decorates her home for every single holiday that comes around, including St. Patrick's Day.
"She's got clovers everywhere," Kerr said. "She has linens and shower curtains because she can afford it. I can't, so I'm not going to try to imitate what she does."
Kerr said to get your family, especially your kids involved in the decorating process by setting up a time beforehand so that they all know to be there to help.
"You don't have to decorate the whole house because guess what? After December 25th somebody's got to take that stuff down and pack it back up," she said. "I guarantee that those kids who helped you decorate are going to be skedaddling."
Spending time with your extended family can oftentimes be tense if you share different views or habits, Kerr went on, so her suggestion is to limit your visiting time and avoid three major topics of discussion; religion, politics and sports.
"Unless you know you're rooting for the same team, politics, religion and sports will get you in trouble quicker than anything at social gatherings," said Kerr. "So, try to leave those out of the conversation or make an excuse and go get some punch."
Pre-planning meals for the entire holiday season, including quick and easy ones for busy nights, is another tip to reduce stress, as well as to stay within your budget. Having your meal list ready and all the necessary ingredients in the pantry will save time and keep you from ordering in all those last minute pizzas to feed your family. Crock pot meals are another timesaver, as well as freezing meals ahead of time.
Kerr summarized by saying, "The biggest thing about taking the stress out of Christmas and budgeting your time is to plan."
Kerr's list of time and money saving tips for the holidays is priceless, so stop by the library and ask for a copy. While you're there, have a look around at all the wonderful holiday decorations and maybe check out a seasonal book to read. Now there's a true stress reliever!


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DANBURY: "It's amazing, they'll debate selling liquor on Sunday's for months, but sneak something like this through in the middle of the night (well, not literally, but you get the gist). All part of that progressive agenda..." wrote this in response to news that the in Connecticut.
FAIRFIELD: "I like my cell phone, I bought a special ring-tone that says 'bacon' whenever my husband calls (he likes bacon)." offered this in response to a post by Local Voices blogger Tom Andersen about
RIDGEFIELD: "But how you going to control it? How can you stop kids from using the network for personal messages? You can't. In the workplace, companies routinely set up rules where if you are caught using social network sites, you are fired or your bonus is reduced. It's a system of checks and balances that works. Can we fire the students if they use the network to send around a viral video of kittens riding on a vacuum cleaner? I think what you are going to get is students sitting in class typing on their laptops, but instead of taking notes about social studies, they will be instant messaging their friends. Anyone who thinks I'm wrong is kidding themselves." wrote this in response to news that the Board of Education is looking to bring the high school and both middle schools up to speed with a .
TRUMBULL: "Can anyone explain why residents are being charged for water that will never reach the sewers? When this comes up all you get is the evasive song and dance. As I said, join the brown lawn/dirty car club and when the car gets really dirty write on the side 'Brought to you by the WPCA.'" wrote this in response to news that the town's Water Pollution Control Authority approved a controversial change to


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Kuhns earns extra cash from the gig, too. "[My wife and I] have more available funds when I'm working than during the months when I'm not," he says, and this year he got promoted to a higher pay grade.
Doreen Orion, 52, and her husband, Tim Justice, 54, decided to scale back work and hit the road in their 340 square-foot RV, so they could focus on adventure, each other, and reducing their dependence on material goods. She documented their trip in her 2008 memoir, Queen of the Road. As psychiatrists who work for insurance companies, they can do much of their work remotely. "We had a really good marriage before, but being thrust into new situations all the time and having to problem-solve, it can't help but bring you closer together," she says. Orion and her husband recently decided to put their Colorado home on the market and live in their RV full-time.
While still in her twenties, Nicole Mladic, a communications director in Chicago, realized she was never going to save enough for retirement if she continued on her current trajectory of little or no savings each month. So she started slowly by saving 2 percent of her salary each month. A few months later, she raised it to 3 percent, then 4 percent, and eventually reached her goal of 10 percent. Today, Mladic is in her early thirties and her net worth is over $100,000. "The thought of saving 10 percent of my salary for retirement each month seemed impossible when I first started working," says Mladic. "But by starting small, it was easy to get to 10 percent, and far less of a shock to my budget."
George Vaillant, a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, has overseen the longest-running longitudinal study of health and happiness. His study has tracked the lives of more than 500 Harvard students and men from inner-city Boston since the 1930s, and has drawn some intriguing conclusions, including that stable relationships are one key to a long and happy life. Divorce, he says, "is very bad for your health."
Vaillant says what makes him happiest now, at age 77, are his grandchildren. His advice is sometimes at odds with what one usually hears: He urges people to take money out of their retirement accounts to go on vacation, because learning how to relax and spend time with loved ones is essential to one's happiness later in life. "Just remember, if you get nothing else out of talking to me, to put some of your IRA money into vacations," he says.
As for what brings happiness to that retirement, he says it almost always comes down to relationships. "There were three things that correlated with a fun retirement: 1) whether your marriage was good, 2) whether you took fun vacations before you retired, and 3) whether you have always liked doing things for other people. So it's being more interested in others than yourself that leads to a happy retirement, and having somebody you enjoy being with. And it's having learned before you retire how to play." That's why he suggests investing in vacations long before retirement—to practice.
Love of grandchildren, he found, can trump even disease. "People in poor health with 13 grandchildren are happy … I'm 77, and what I enjoy most are my grandchildren."
The chapters that follow are designed to help you sort through the seemingly endless findings about what you can do now to increase your odds of being a healthy and happy 77-year-old, 90-year-old, and beyond. Getting your heart rate up by exercising at least 150 minutes a week, for example, can cut your chances of heart disease and cancer. Eating a Mediterranean diet, which is heavy on olive oil and fish, capping red meat at 18 ounces per week, flossing daily, sleeping at least six hours a night, and having no more than two drinks a day for men and one for women also appear to promote good health.
To boost your chances of happiness, build a long and loving marriage, cultivate gratitude and optimism, and commit to constant self-improvement. To afford your long life, start a vigorous savings plan as early as your twenties, make frugal lifestyle choices, such as living in a smaller home and cooking more meals at home, and work as long as possible, well past age 65.


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Luxembourg expatriate tax regime - Starting 2011 with a bang! | Whitepaper
The Luxembourg authorities have introduced some rules specific for expatriates qualifying as highly skilled workers – the result is the potential for significant tax savings for both expatriates and their employers.
The issue
Circular LIR n°95/2 issued on 31 December 2010, provides details of an expatriate tax regime which will come into effect 1 January 2011. There are a number of conditions attached for the employer and the employee, however, once you navigate through these, the numbers are definitely worth the work!
A summary of the conditions1
The legislation applies to new expatriates coming to Luxembourg (from 1 January 2011). The new rules will not apply to existing expatriates or contract workers, but will apply to individuals already working within a group or individuals directly recruited from abroad, although slightly different conditions are applied to each scenario.
|General conditions for expatriate
|Additional conditions to be met
|In case of an intra-group secondment
|In case of a recruitment
|Provide a significant economic contribution to Luxembourg
|Have at least 5 years of seniority in the international group/sector concerned
|Have acquired a depth specialisation in a sector or profession characterised by difficulties of recruitment in Luxembourg
|Be tax resident in Luxembourg (based on domestic tax law)
|Employment relationship exists between sending company and employee
|Not have been Luxembourg tax resident/subject to Luxembourg income tax on professional income for the 5 previous years
|The secondee must be granted a right to return to the home company
|Have a degree of higher education/have acquired professional experience of at least 5 years in the sector concerned
|Contractual arrangement exists between the home and host companies with respect to secondment
|Undertake the local employment as their primary employment and pass on knowledge to local personnel
|Meet minimum salary requirements and must not replace a non-expatriate employee
1The conditions and definitions in the circular are detailed and we have listed brief highlights here - to determine if the regime could be applicable to your organisation,please contact us to discuss the details.
Employer conditions - the Luxembourg entity must employ or commit to employ at least 20 full-time employees in Luxembourg. If the entity has been established in Luxembourg for at least 10 years, they can only have a maximum of 10% expatriate employees who benefit from this regime.
An application to benefit from the regime must be filed within 2 months of each starting assignment and an annual review must be submitted by the employer.
The good stuff
If the conditions are met, it is possible to obtain tax relief for certain expenses which fall under the following categories:
|Includes costs of moving to Luxembourg and repatriation at end of secondment, as well as costs to make home suitable to live in (defined in circular) and costs for emergency travel
|Tax exempt amount depends on whether a home is maintained in the home country
|Combined costs subject to an overall cap
|Home leave trips
|One trip per year per family member
|Tax equalisation
|Costs associated with the difference in taxes between Luxembourg and the home country
|School fees
|Deduction available for primary and secondary education
|Lump sum for recurring expenses
|To cover cost of living allowances and miscellaneous expenses associated with expatriation, the allowance is, again, subject to a cap
The expatriate can benefit from the regime for up to five calendar years following the year of arrival, provided the conditions continue to be met.
For example, the tax relief that an expatriate married with 2 children and with a typical expatriate package can get in the year of arrival in Luxembourg:
|Gross income
under regime
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|Home leave
|Tax equilisation
|School fees
|COLA/lump sum
|Total (€)
How Deloitte can help
|Assessment of eligibility
|An initial assessment to establish whether or not the regime will be applicable for a particular expatriate
|Package design
|Consulting services to review/design an expatriate package and contractual arrangement to maximise savings available through the regime
|Format request
|Preparation of formal request to benefit from the regime including collation of data from company and expatriate
|Annual review
|Preparation and submission of annual report including confirmation that conditions continue to be met
|Tax return preparation services
|To ensure correct reporting of income and claim for reliefs under the regime
Why Deloitte?
Choosing Deloitte to work with you to implement the expatriate tax regime will mean a proactive reaction to the new legislation. Having a deep knowledge and experience of international mobility and foreign expatriate regimes, we are a step ahead in our understanding of this new regime.
By working with us, you will be able to quickly make decisions about how best to implement the regime in relation to your expatriate population.
Your expatriates will be informed about any implications on their personal tax affairs. By moving swiftly to maximise the benefits from the changes, you will maximise tax savings for all new expatriates.
Rely on us to manage this change, maximise the potential savings and enhance your expatriate programme.
|The Global Employer Services department is a dedicated team of highly skilled tax professionals providing comprehensive consultancy and compliance services in the area of individual taxation and social security. Our solid knowledge of local and international regulations, combined with our wide experience of individual engagements and issues allow us to serve our clients in a tailored, responsive and value-added manner. Being an active member of the global GES network present in more than 100 countries, we have a unique expertise of cross-border matters and multi-jurisdictions engagements and are able to deliver our services with an entirely borderless approach.
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