Nice colleagues, archaic organisation, poor people management
Pros
On the commercial side, Fluxys still manages to fare well in a market that is becoming more hostile towards carbon-based fuels. However, it is doubtful that the company will be able to keep on track.
Cons
Fluxys incessantly sacrifices the few employees that are still motivated to satisfy short-term objectives. The evaluation system is based on scoring for one's objectives in the current year; as a consequence, the showpeople rise in the ranks while the committed workers with a long term view for the good of the company lack appreciation. It is no secret that Fluxys has a hard time attracting new capable people and that many ambitious talents leave the company after only a few years. The Fluxys organisation is strictly hierarchical: it is a stack of N+1's. Feeble attempts at transversal functions perish by misfitting them in a piramidal structure: concepts such as squads, tribes and communities are not viable here. Pressed by the CREG, the Belgian energy regulator, the company prides itself on employing less and less people every year, while at the same time diversifying and expanding activities. Obviously, the ever-increasing strain on the employees causes stress and dissatisfaction. Many of them have arrived at a perverted 5th stage of grief: they do not care any more. The personnel department lacks involvement with the work floor. From a position of splendid isolation, various feel-well campaigns are launched, but none of these addresses the structural issues with the work situation.
