Global Language Centre and the Trash Can of Bad Business Ideas

There isn’t much to cheer about for the former customers of Global Language Centre, a language school in Jakarta which has suddenly shut its doors. An incredible 3900 students of this defunct business are now out of pocket, stunned by the news that not only has the school closed forever, but its former managers have…

GLC Claims Several Thousand Victims

In the end it all came crashing down much faster than we had imagined. Just a couple of days after we started coverage of Global Language Centre (GLC) on this blog, the chain closed its doors forever. The trickle of complaints that we had received about the language chain were obviously just the tiniest part…

Ribuan Peserta Global Language Centre Lapor Ke Polres

Ribuan peserta kursus Bahasa Prancis dan Inggris Global Language Center (GLC) Cabang Bekasi, merasa tertipu, karena tiba-tiba tempat belajar mereka tutup. Akibatnya, beberapa orang tua yang sudah membayar uang belajar dua bulan kedepan melaporkan pengelola tempat kursus itu ke Polresta Bekasi Kota, Rabu (8/4). Selain itu, beberapa peserta kursus juga ikut melapor karena merasa dirugikan,…

Global Language Centre Sangat Mengecewakan

Bulan Desember 2013, ada pameran Global Language Centre di Gajah Mada Plaza, dimana yang ditawarkan adalah kursus 10 bahasa dengan 1 harga dan jam kursus dimulai jam 10 s/d 22. Tertarik dengan jam kursusnya, maka saya mendaftakan anak saya Fabio Phangadi untuk kursus bahasa Inggris di tempat tersebut dengan biaya sebesar Rp 650,000/bulan dan dibayarkan…

Screen Shot of Dave’s ESL Cafe Revelations about Scott Martin’s ”Grey Area”

In the past few days, a teacher who TBI Malang tried to recruit has come on Dave’s ESL Cafe and alleged that Scott Martin has told him that Indonesian law is ”a grey area” with regards to employing teachers on business consultant visas. In other words, Martin has been caught red-handed lying to potential teachers…