Sebagai salah satu bentuk upaya terhadap konservasi orangutan, Perusahaan bekerjasama dengan Ecositrop, Universitas Mulawarman (UNMUL) dan Balai Konservasi Sumberdaya Alam (BKSDA) membentuk tim Satgas Penyelamatan (Rescue) Orangutan dan melakukan pelatihan terhadap tim Satgas di MAE dan LYE untuk menangani orangutan yang ada di areal perkebunan. Pelatihan dilakukan pada tanggal 11-14 April 2012 dan dibuka oleh…
What did you make of the decision to appoint Nunu Pratama as manager at TBI Kelapa Gading in 2012? You had previously been his manager at TBI Kuningan. Well, I thought it was a highly risky decision because he had said to be many times, “I am lazy. I just want to be teach my…
Go to TBI’s website, and you will find a ”Jobs” section there. Click it on and you will go through to a screen which has four different job positions featured: TBI staff, School Manager, Non-Native Teacher and Native Speaker Teacher. The picture for the Native Speaker one is revealing in several ways, which we discuss…
Today we have heard from a Rumah Bahasa victim (calling herself Hollie) that the Rumah Bahasa branch at Sunter Mall has now closed. Former customers are now being directed to the Rumah Bahasa branch at TBI Kelapa Gading, often known as Rumah Bahasa Lotte Mart. This appears to be the last Rumah Bahasa standing, and…
1. TBI Kelapa Gading is onto its 4th school manager since 2012. This is a shambolic situation which points to utter chaos and dysfunction within this school. Well-managed, successful schools simply don’t feel the need to change managers every 6 months or so. This fits the pattern of dysfunction and incompetence we have presented all…
In 2013 we alerted readers to the fact that TBI Kelapa Gading had made an astonishing choice for their next School Manager. Indeed, it struck us as so ridiculous that we openly mocked the choice from the start. This was a case where caution was not required. Anyone with a lick of common sense would…
Back in 2013 we ran the following article, which now seems more relevant than ever. Since we first published it, our predictions have been borne out in a most striking manner. While there were only 4 Wall Streets in Greater Jakarta a mere 2 years ago, they are now about to open their seventh, at Bintaro;…
The Marketing Department of TBI was long under the control of Ibu Mariam, which is why it is such a disaster. It is almost an in-joke with local staff in TBI that Ibu Mariam is such an incompetent manager that anyone who is ‘promoted’ to work with her will soon end up leaving the company.…
This interview with a former teacher and then manager from TBI Kelapa Gading reveals that some of their franchise schools have been havens of tax avoidance and other murky practices. In your experience did TBI Kelapa Gading comply with Indonesian tax law? That’s a resounding no. They did not comply with tax laws in any…
Before we move on to Anita, Nunu’s dubious replacement, allow me to share a lovely little story which neatly sums up the vast uselessness of the TBI authorities. Nunu the alleged School Manager, Firlana the, ahem, “Office Supervisor”, Pauwsan Sutanto the owner, Lilies Agustin- Luke’s giddy goombah- they all look like complete fools in this…
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