Engen GB in trouble

Engen GB might be in trouble after all the social tensions the company went through as they all have their consequences on performance.
Everybody knows that happy employees make a happy company. The employees´ conditions are very bad. The distribution of tasks, functions and benefits are done on affinity rather than performance. The salaries are among the lowest of the oil sector companies. The director is not interested in dialogue and his only objective is to get rid of any challenges and destroy the trade union. The end result is a total confusion that has consequences on the company’s sales and therefore performance.

Most of Total, now Engen GB customers were private companies, institutions, international organisations and NGO´s that are very strict on ethical issues. They have some principle that might make reluctant to continue dealing with a company that does not have any respect for the employees, people, laws and transparency rules.

What is the future of Engen GB?
Nobody knows.Only Engen can answer that question.

Injustice at Engen GB

The regional director for West Africa at Engen promised that there would be a salary review for the employees of Engen GB during a meeting in December 2008.However the only thing Mr Bastou Badarou did was to give the employees a salary increase.
One of the main issues is the fact that nobody knows what the criteria for the increase are. Some received 20,000fcfa, others more than 100,000fcfa increase. Many people now think that Mr Badarou did that in order to reward some employee who closed their eyes on some of his little arrangements.
Engen GB is one of the oil company in Guinea Bissau pays the lowest salaries.But that is not an issue for Mr Bastou Badarou as to him the employees are almost like slaves.
Threats, arbitrary punishments, blackmail and corruption are part of Engen GB culture now. All the employees suffer in silence because they are afraid and they have already seen what the price of asking questions is. They do not know what their rights within the company are (no access to the HR policies…).What Mr Badarou and mr Abache say goes.The employees feel left out because they have the impression that nobody cares as otherwise all those things would not have happened

Employees at Engen GB are worried about their situations and they raised some issues during a meeting with Mr Hassen Zalgaonker.He told them that Engen would keep its promise and give a 3 month salary bonus 6 months after taking over the company,i.e May 2009(as agreed before).
However the employees see no sign that there will any compliance from the local management.
Mr Badarou,then answered in creole(the local language)to Mr Zalgaonker.He said that Mr Zalgaonker was not his line manager and therefore does not have the right to answer those questions.
This gives an idea on how Mr Badarou treats his subordinates,colleagues and line managers.
Engen GB is in fact Mr Badarou´s private playground.

Court summons Mr Bastou Badarou

The manager of the Kalliste Hotel went to Engen GB office to meet Mr Badarou.The main issue was related to some unpaid bills.There were some misunderstandings and Mr Badarou insulted the gentleman and had him expelled from the premises.
The manager then filed a complaint against the company.Mr Badarou was supposed to answer at the court last week (19th to 24th May).
This is another stain on Engen reputation in Guinea Bissau

Witch hunt at Engen GB

The management of Engen GB,in the person of Mr Badarou is not happy about the news on the net.Recently a staff member was appointed to discover who is behind all this.To punish or to have an idea on how much the person knows about him?
There is a disciplinary process against the head for the trade union and he is accused of arrogance,disrespect fo his superior and the company procedures, not working on Sundays and not doing his work correctly.However can anyone have faith when the defense is heard before the accusation?when the person accused is punished by the management even before the conclusion of the disciplinary process?
Does the Engen vocabulary really include words like:justice,equity,respect?Maybe.But not for Engen GB.After all Mr Badarou said that the international employee (from the integration area) who recently visited the branch in Guinea Bissau did not have the right to tell him how to run his office.
Maybe this is a "TOTAL" culture ,Mr badarou is trying to import into Engen as the same thing is happening in Burkina Faso where all the TOTAL employees are on strike.
Is Engen GB going in the same direction?
Can Engen afford strikes or lawsuits at this critical time?
Only Engen can give answers.

Engen GB getting rid of employees

On the 15th of April Mr Edgar de Jesus Pinto Vieira Reis was told by Mr Badarou that his contract would not be renewed.He was on a one year contract with ASB a company owned Engen GB and Petrogal with 50% shares each.
Engen GB had told the employees that their contracts would be respected and realigned even the fixed term ones.
Did Engen change its position?
Is Mr Reis a scapegoat?
is the new management trying to show that staff what will happen to them if they continue to challenge them?
At the Mr Badarou is putting pressure on the staff,suspecting them of telling on him.
Who will be the next victim of Mr Badarou´s "folie des grandeurs"?
No matter the answer to these questions,one thing is sure:all the employees of Engen GB are worried about their future.

Conflict of interest in Engen GB?

Engen GB has a new financial manager Mr Aminou Abache.This gentleman was part of all the auditing mission in Guinea Bissau even when the company was still called Total GB.He became friend with the current director.There was later a need to recruit a financial manager when Mr.Badarou was promoted as director.The reason why Mr.Abache was recruited is not very clear to many people.
Were there no suitable applicants?
Is Mr Badarou trying to reward Mr Abache for all the good reports he wrote?
The truth is that the other managers are being pushed and those in control are the 2 gentlemen named above.