Source: JobTube, Arianna J., Freya W., Josh B.,
Here was the announcement, of which the main idea was:
"All six campuses in WEBi English Beijing have stopped operating due to renovation or system upgrade. There is no way to recover student membership fees or employee salaries. On September 25th, Gao Sihai, Vice President of WEBi English, made it clear that even if people go to court, they will not be getting money back."
Employee Wages and Student Refunds
In the news, a student who spent 348,000 Yuan to purchase WEBi 's two-year English course said that he went to the school on September 28th to request a refund but was rejected by staff, for not having a financial and official seal. They requested him to return on the 8th of October.
Subsequently, the news staff interviewed Li, a Beijing employee of WEBi English, and learned that all employees in Beijing were not paid a full salary for one to three months. Li said she received only 2,000 Yuan in July, and was never paid again until October, when she received 2,200 Yuan. When speaking about tuition fees, Li said WEBi probably had no money to refund 3,000 students, as it would total 30 million Yuan.
Response from Online Customer Service
On the evening of Oct. 7th, the news staff consulted the online customer service of the official website, but received no response about the curriculum and time arrangement in Beijing. The news staff also browsed the TMALL Shop of WEBi and found out there were still a lot of offline experience classes on sale. And then, the customer service said that due to the company's development plan, Beijing would only do online courses, but Guangzhou Campus would still be operating normally.
As of now, WEBi officials have not given any formal explanation.
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