What future for Scopelec in the years to come? The company has launched a job protection plan which has been validated by the Lyon commercial court. A safeguard plan which provides for the dismissal of about 500 people within the company to keep 2300 people against 3600 employees a few months ago (and 500 in Occitania). The company explains in a press release: “This plan makes it possible to get out of the crisis situation and is only subject to the final ratification of Orange’s commitments. Through this plan, the Scopelec Group will thus be able to continue the necessary adaptation of its structure and its workforce. , continue to train its teams and resume the development of the Group.”
4G, 5G with different operators
Communications director Coralie de la Martinière confirms that the company will continue to work for Orange on certain contracts. But there are also other perspectives: “Scopelec will continue its historic business, that is to say to be a major player in the telecoms sector. We are still continuing to work around fiber. So there will be fewer and fewer deployments, but the operation and the maintenance of the fiber will continue. And then, we also have a whole branch of the network on the mobile network, all that is 4G, 5G with different operators.”
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But the company also expects a lot from the deployment of electric continues the communication manager. “We also have the whole development of electric charging stations for electric vehicles which is exploding. And so, with our expertise of more than 50 years in electricity since we have installed all the Linky meters etc., we are also positioned in this sector.”
As for the statutes, despite these difficulties, Scopolec is and wants to remain a scop. “It’s part of the company’s DNA,” says management. “We have the values of a scop, we want to keep this legal business format”. A Scop (Cooperative and participatory company) is a cooperative company in the form of SA, SARL or SAS whose employees are the majority partners. Employees hold at least 51% of the share capital and 65% of the voting rights. While not all employees are associates, all have a vocation to become one. Each associate employee has one vote, regardless of their status, seniority and the amount of capital invested.