At this blog we have warned people for years that TBI was a corrupt, cronyistic and nepotistic business which was riddled with problems. At first our whistleblowing was met with howls of outrage and denial from the corrupt vested interests which run the school. However, the more people we talked to, the more skeletons we…
Over the past few months, we have argued that with the ousting of TBI’s wretched old Director, the hapless and useless Ibu Mariam Kartikatrensi, the victory of her main rival, Ibu Nng Anhar, was complete. For many years, the shady yayasan (charity) USG had been the domain of Ibu Ning, while Mariam had thrown her…
This blog has always been based on a simple proposition: TBI (The British Institute) is a fraudulent, delusional and rapidly declining company which is the sick man of the Indonesian TEFL industry. Over the past several years we have attempted to document in its decline by compiling and cross-checking all the information we have accrued…
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…
This interview series will explore the overwhelming evidence that TBI’s business model is based largely on not paying the taxes owed to the Indonesian government. The first part is with a former TBI Kuningan teacher and a manager who Luke Preece praised in such glowing terms in numerous work emails, but started calling “insane” once…
Towards the end of 2011 the owners of Menara Kuningan contacted TBI and told them that there would be a massive rent increase for 2012. They would have to pay a whopping Rp 700.000.000 rupiah more for the premises in 2012 than they had in 2011. For those not used to Indonesian rupiah, this amounted…
One of the strange things that started happening at TBI in 2011 and intensified in 2012 was the relationship which developed between Jalaludin Japri and Firlana Ismayadin, the former Marketing Officer. This relationship had even started to be the subject of much speculation among TBI teachers by 2012. Here is a typical incident or story.…
Hi Sean! Thanks for the note. I’m not at Bekasi now, thank God. Binsar, the guy who owns the franchise there, is a real piece of work. I’m aware of six teachers who’ve been screwed by that guy. He strings folks along with promises of KITAS and IMTAS, but never follows through after squeezing teachers…
This afternoon we continue our investigation to one of TBI’s dirtiest little secrets: tax evasion on a massive scale. In the first two parts of this investigation, we looked how TBI had ripped off the Indonesian government and people by paying only $40 tax on $69,700 revenue at Menara Kuningan in October 2011. Its income…
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