SQF - I'm finally done, well kind of!
It's 10.55pm here and I just finished my last SQF consulting project.
I always wondered how it would end - well, I just rewrote SQF Code 2.9.2 for a sweetener company, did a guide for their QA Manager and owner and uploaded it along with 17 other rewrites to DropBox.
Then I sat back and drank the last of my cold RYZE Mushroom coffee (it keeps my memory from degrading) with Coconut creamer and a little bit of Monkfruit sweetener and thought - wow, there's no retirement party - I mean really, after 20 years in SQF Auditing and then my own SQF consulting company (ok, we did BRC, IFS, GlobalGap, Organic, Non-GMO, Business, Marketing and a bunch of other consulting endeavors but it always came back to SQF, kinda like first love.
This last project however was anything but love - this was an absolute bear of a project with a client that first told me their audit was in April, then it all of a sudden changed to January and then to May - and then I get leaned on, because it wasn't any of those - it was this coming week - like on Tuesday!
This is what happens sometimes - communications can be an issue with family operations which we have always seemed to specialize in and have attracted to us.
It's been a very interesting careeer that I would not trade for just about anything - cept for what comes later this year...
I am retiring from SQF Consulting on the public side and becoming a co-owner of a food company and chain of organic health food stores with healing centers built into them - the first one will open in North Carolina and Massachussetts next year.
I have to say, I look forward to the day I get to hire an SQF Consultant that is not me because that person will have their work cut ou as we want to have both the food company and the stores along with a farming operation/packaing facility certified under Organic & SQF Certifications.
If any one has some time available next year to help with this (no, I am not talking for free) please let me know - we plan on being fully non-paper based - which frankly is something I've done for 20 years and gee whiz I am tired of it.
So, this is my retirement message - and if any of you reading this are thinking about becoming a food safety consultant or related please feel free to speak to me - I've learned some things over the years that you may need in your new career.
Goodnight all - going to my retirement party now - tea and bed in 10 minutes!
Dear SQFconsultant,
Congratulations on your "kind of" retirement. You were always here to help and give a hand wherever it needed the most.
Good luck on your future endeavors and really hope your presence in this platform will not have a cease.
Congratulations on your 'retirement'!
Hope that doesn't mean we'll lose you from this forum :smile:
Thank you for always being willing to lend a hand and offer your expertise whenever it was needed. I wish you all the best in your future endeavors and hope that your presence in this platform will continue to be felt, even in retirement. Take care and enjoy this new chapter in your life!
Congrats on closing one chapter and moving to the next!
Congratulations on your semi-retirement!
Congratulations on your retirement Glenn, I would say one well deserved! I do hope to continue seeing you on the forums, your experience and insight is one that us in the field still needs. :)
That's awesome - congratulations! I agree with everyone else - I hope you'll continue to post here. Your knowledge and sense of humor are wonderful.
Congratulations and the best of luck on your new endeavors. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Glenn, congratulations on your retirement from consulting! :yay:
Wishing you the best of luck in your new endeavor. Hopefully we'll still see you around the forum giving sage advice.
SQF consultant,
I know we haven't always agreed and differ on many issues but you have always been a helpful presence and given sound advice on all things food safety and I hope you will continue to help set us straight when we need it! My wish is that you enjoy whatever your "kind of" being "finally done" looks like. Good luck in your future business venture, I'm sure your audits will go without a hitch! Give my condolences to your future FSM!
Congratulations and best wishes. Looking forward to seeing your next endeavors success
SQF consultant,
I know we haven't always agreed and differ on many issues but you have always been a helpful presence and given sound advice on all things food safety and I hope you will continue to help set us straight when we need it! My wish is that you enjoy whatever your "kind of" being "finally done" looks like. Good luck in your future business venture, I'm sure your audits will go without a hitch! Give my condolences to your future FSM!
Thank you and I think you should be our FSM.
I just wanted to say thank you to everyone for the well wishes.
Interestingly enough, the next day I get a message from a new company that wants me to set up their SQF program and provide consulting on doing a ground up operation.
Just when I thought I was out - they pulled me back in!!!!
So, I've got them scheduled near the end of the year and in the meantime I've decided to take 1 or 2 more SQF developments and then once the one above is complete then I'll have that retirement party and the next day begin the new endeavor!
Thank you again.
I just wanted to say thank you to everyone for the well wishes.
Interestingly enough, the next day I get a message from a new company that wants me to set up their SQF program and provide consulting on doing a ground up operation.
Just when I thought I was out - they pulled me back in!!!!
So, I've got them scheduled near the end of the year and in the meantime I've decided to take 1 or 2 more SQF developments and then once the one above is complete then I'll have that retirement party and the next day begin the new endeavor!
Thank you again.
I noticed the new tag line under your interests and chuckled.....lol
Well, I was thinking about Chief Pot Washer!!!