We have identified the prevalence of “magical thinking” as one of the hallmarks of TBI. Rather than basing their claims on any objective criteria or awards, which frankly don’t exist, they merely heap compliments and praise on themselves. The much-loathed TBI Head Office is filled with cronies of Mariam and Luke who regularly engage in chimpanzee-like grooming…
July must have been some kind of month in TBI Jakarta and Bandung as a large chunk of their existing staff all headed for the exit door simultaneously. And we aren’t just talking about a few front-desk staff here. Multiple key positions were all vacated in a matter of weeks. They were 23 separate job ads we…
The last couple of months have surely been tumultuous at The British Institute. In the last few days alone there have been no less than 23 job ads for positions at TBI schools. A couple of these have been for the much-vaunted and frequently delayed TBI Bali (the school was originally slated to open in…
Over the past few weeks TBI has been advertising for staff for TBI Bali, which presumably will open sometime later this year. Here is a link to the job in case you want to be the Office Supervisor there! Why they can’t get one of their own staff to do the job is a bit…
Reputasi TBI (The British Institut) sudah memudar. Dulu citra TBI (The British Institut) cukup bagus, tetapi kini telah dirusak oleh banyak skandal dalam sekolah tersebut. TBI memiki managemen yang melakukan tindakan korupsi dan tidak profesional. Ada beberapa alasan citra TBI telah memudar. Di bawah inilah alasan yang paling serius: 1) TBI memperkerjakan tenaga kerja asing…
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…
In this article we introduce readers to TBI Sudirman, the school where Mariam Kartikatresni began her ‘Reign of Error’ as TBI Director. (Thanks, David Bradbury, for this witticism.) This interview is also an investigation of how nepotism causes problems in the staffroom at TBI. What was your role at TBI Sudirman? I was School Manager…
In this part of the interview we investigate the glaring contradiction between Ashley Platts’s goal of getting rid of all expat managers besides himself and Luke and his tireless promotion of Chris Needham through the ranks of TBI. It has only recently occurred to us that Ashley’s useless protégé, Chris Needham, was never intended to succeed. Could…
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