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Chester · Joined: 15 May 2004 Posts: 383 Location: Australia

Dude. bekasi is such a dump! and safe?? yea, right. its a mighty dangerous place, as you well know. get real!

papillon · Joined: 02 Feb 2006 Posts: 91

You must be new to EF Bekasi KJB. Ask around why the franchise (ex) director, Liliak Setiawan, lost his central Java schools owing to his less than honest dealings with employees/teachers.

Also, I'd be putting pennies in the bank account now cos they won't pay you your airfare, you'll be fired a month before the end of your contract.

Wake up and smell the Kampung. It stinks in your neck of the woods.

KJB · Joined: 10 Aug 2006 Posts: 6

KJB · Joined: 10 Aug 2006 Posts: 6

Chester · Joined: 15 May 2004 Posts: 383 Location: Australia

I stand corrected.

You must be right, and I am wrong.
As is my wife and her family who hail from Bekasi.

I will tell them so.
Thanks.

TEAM_PAPUA · Joined: 24 May 2004 Posts: 1679 Location: HOLE

papillon · Joined: 02 Feb 2006 Posts: 91

KJB, I note, with some concern, that you neither confirm or deny the truth behind the fact that the director of EF Kemang Pratama (Bekasi) physically assaulted a female staff member.

Also, I have never, in my time of contributing to this forum, ever come across any EF staff member prepared to defend their 'operation'.

Only DOS's who have exhausted traditional recruiting methods and are desperate for staff because their attrition rates are so appalling.

Anyone interested in learning about the bird flu outbreak in Bekasi should refer to The Jakarta Post for the month of July. Anyone interested in the facts behind this shady franchise of EF schools are welcome to PM me.

Enjoy your satay KJB.

beefer · Joined: 10 Feb 2006 Posts: 238 Location: java

the facts behind this shady ef franchise???? theres nothing shady about it. i was once an employee there and had no problems. the director is not a bad guy and certainly did not assault any female employee. i was there for that "incident" and truth be told, NOTHING HAPPENED AT ALL. it was a very disgruntled employee who, for whatever reason, created this fictitious event. is bekasi a dump? yes, in many ways it is but the school and the area that it is in are quite nice. for kjb to say that he could only smell the satay was a bit much but this whole city/island/country has a bit of a smell to it so i wouldn't consider the smell issue to be all that important.
i enjoyed my time working there( bekasi and kalimalang) and know that those that i worked with( many of whom are still there) also enjoy it. i can't remember any situation during my years there that goes along with some of the things that are being said in this thread. paps, i totally respect your opinion, along with all the others who have voiced theirs, but without sending you a pm, i would like to know where you got your " facts" from..... and no, i am not an ef DoS trying to salvage a schools reputation.

TEAM_PAPUA · Joined: 24 May 2004 Posts: 1679 Location: HOLE

papillon · Joined: 02 Feb 2006 Posts: 91

All I know is 2 things:

1. The Canadian girl who was punched by the director of EF Kalimalang is my best friend. Disgruntled? Yes. But wouldn't you be if you had a bunch of fives in the face from your boss.

2. When I worked there I was stolen from, lied to and abused to such an extent by the Directors/criminals that all three of the satellite school teachers striked.

It takes a lot for a school franchise to be repossessed by EF Head Office but this network of schools had that happen to it.

Now ask yourself, do I see myself wanting to sign a year's contract with these dudleys?

Paps

happy_me · Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 5:49 am Post subject:

beefer · Joined: 10 Feb 2006 Posts: 238 Location: java

funny, thats not the story I was she told; not a close friend, but she was a coworker of mine.

come come, lets not lie

....what can i say??? if she wasn't a close friend of yours, but was a former co-worker then there is no way that someone else could have been lying. i guess it HAS to be me that is lying.. i don't know how this happened. happy_me, i hereby vow to spend more time looking inwards at myself to find out why it is that only i lie and nobody else ever does. sure, i wasn't the angry employee who ended up signing an " official" ( if you can call it that, it was only a typed document with her signature at the bottom..... worthless really) letter apologizing for HER actions at the time of her dismissal...and this was only done to avoid possible ( and judging by her actions, justified) penalties that could have been brought onto her by ef..... oh wait...these must be more lies i'm telling.

come come, lets not be naive

rayman · Joined: 24 May 2003 Posts: 427

This thread reminds me of the staff I met at Sunter in my short-lived EF days. Posing as adults, they were a bunch of bitching kids. Nice to see some things never changes.

happy_me · Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 2:13 pm Post subject:

Maybe there was more than one teacher thet this happened to?
My friend was there 3 years ago.
Anway she was a nice girl as far as i know, never had a problem at the other school.