One of the things that has been so eye-opening about the whole multi-language school fiasco is how little it bothers most people, least of all the Indonesian police or the Ministry of Education. There have been many thousands of people defrauded of hundreds or even thousands of dollars each, with the total losses clearly running…
One of the issues we have raised in recent weeks is the rampant age discrimination which is evident in TBI job ads, and even on the TBI website itself. Worryingly, their very own website stated that they were only interested in interviewing managers who were 35 years or younger. When it comes to service staff,…
When this blog started in 2012, TBI was caught completely by surprise. After years of covering up abuses at TBI Bekasi, not to mention the embezzlement of over Rp2 billion at TBI Dago when Luke Preece was manager there, the TBI authorities had a lot of practice at keeping the lid on their dirty secrets. They…
The screenshot above is taken from the TBI website. It has the bland, same-old-same-old look that one associates with everything they do: a splash of maroon, a few stale boasts about former glories and, last of all, a string of dull bullet points. You’ve seen the same tired format every time they’ve produced anything since…
Over the past week or so, we have focused on the fact that TBI Bandung keeps losing teachers to Penabur due to offering a very low salary of just Rp. 11-12 jt. per month. With this post we want to look at the long history of these low wages outside Jakarta; additionally, we want to…
Yesterday we posted a comment from an online forum in which a prolific commentator known as “Tudor” discussed the status quo (as of August 2014) in the Indonesian TEFL industry. This comment-poster is in no way aligned with us; in fact, he has been highly critical of this blog and its authors in the past.…
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2014 3:29 am Post subject: Sorry but I’m not naming schools as I’m not willing to point the finger at anyone who works at these places – I don’t see that would achieve anything. I simply wanted to debunk the myth that someone without a degree cannot get work in Indonesia…
Over the next few days we wish to address a theme that has been somewhat neglected on this blog until now. The theme is that TBI has long been financially mismanaged, which partly accounts for its long-term ability to flourish. (The other reason is the mixture of toxic and even pathological personalities who have controlled…
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