This is a bit like doing the dirty laundry in public but anyway, never mind, perhaps others have come across the same thing and can share some experiences and advice:
I am convinced that the company directors see BRC as having a bundle of nice procedures (that we don't need to follow) and filling out an application form to join the "BRC Club". Whenever I try and impress upon them what we need to do they look at their watches and think about other more pressing matters. They see Quality and Regulatory as "optional", "for info only"...
Coupled with that, the workforce are jaded by years of poor conditions, lack of training, lack of leadership, indiscipline, indifference and cynicism as they have seen other systems come and go without completion (22000 for example). I have just been out there trying to convey the message that we need to get into the habit of washing our hands before work and I get comments like "I'm not doing that mate, I wash them when they are dirty". (Fortunately everything is very low risk by the way!). This is just a detail of the practices we need to adopt but imagine the bigger things (and coming back to the directors - those that cost money...).
I know this is outside the scope of the usual food safety and BRC posts but before I update my CV, anyone got any advice on how to make progress against these sorts of attitudes?
Thanks.
Edited by D-D, 14 October 2010 - 11:17 AM.