Meet Lilies Agustine: Tante Gatel TBI
Tonight we offer you many examples of the poor judgment of Lilies Agustine, the woman who runs TBI Marketing. Having trawled through hundreds of her tweets, we have arrived at 3 conclusions. Firstly, her English is scandalously bad. Yes, these are tweets, but her writing is littered with embarrassing spelling mistakes, wrong tenses and tortured…
Part 23. Inside Scott Martin’s Rigged Appointment (Part 1) (SW Interviewed)
Tell me the background of your decision to research Luke Preece’s background with TBI. In late November 2011 Luke Preece forged Cam’s resignation as manager of TBI Kuningan and installed Eny as his replacement the next morning. Luke had warned Cam that he was in danger of being deported due to the threats of a…
Is Luke Preece Protecting Sex Offenders and Thieves?
Tonight we continue our investigation against Luke Preece’s bizarre blacklist. It appears that scandalously Luke Preece (according to information provided by a former TBI teacher) has been mixing former TBI teachers with known sex offenders, including an infamous pedophile, on the TBI blacklist. It is just incredible that he would degrade and denigrate TBI teachers…
Part 22. Why Ning Anhar Protects Binsar Simorangkir
In this interview we begin our investigation of why TBI will not act against Binsar, their worst ever School Manager. In short, why do you believe TBI protects Binsar? Since starting this blog, I have learned that Binsar is a part owner of the business. If that is the case, there is no way anything will happen…
21. Luke Preece, Nicola and Colm O’Mahony
In this interview we examine the disruptive role played by end of contract bonuses in TBI. Why do language schools in Jakarta have end of contract bonuses? Language schools in Jakarta have to pay $100 a month for each expat they employ plus considerable immigration agent fines, some of which find their way into the…
Part 20. Ning Anhar’s Nepotism
Who was your main source of information about Ning Anhar and her doings? I only had one source. Luke Preece. Should Luke Preece have been discussing Ning Anhar’s doings with a junior manager? You would have to imagine not. Especially in the tone that he did. What tone was that? It did vary somewhat. If…
Part 19. An Alleged Assault on a TBI Kelapa Gading Student
In this, the third part of our interview series on TBI Kelapa Gading, we reveal just how bad things were in TBI Franchise schools in 2009. When did you first become aware that TBI Kelapa Gading was being mismanaged? I think I fully realized how acute the problems were about a month in the job.…
18. David Bradbury’s Agon With Ashley Platts
When did you first come to know David Bradbury? When I started TBI in 2007. What were your first impressions? He only seemed interested in talking to people who were more senior than him in the organization. He showed very little interest in talking to me at first. Did this ever change? Not for a…
Part 17. Scott Martin- Luke Stooge from Way Back
Who is Scott Martin? In what sense do you mean? In terms of his role within TBI. He is no longer working for USG; he is working for TBI Pasar Kaliki (Paskal), a franchise school in Bandung. What was his former role? He used to be the school manager of Jalan Jawa and then Jalan…