Make sure to read up on the company structure and the main characters before diving into the diary. You missed part 7? Read it here. 2020-02-21 16:38 I check my Line messages again. I had received another message from Antonia at 10:32. I don’t open it, but the preview indicates that she did not actually … Continue reading Diary – Chapter 8

Make sure to read up on the company structure and the main characters before diving into the diary. You missed part 6? Read it here. 2020-02-20 17:13 Antonia is contacting me by email. Only later I notice that she also messaged me on Line first. It appears everybody is consequently trying to avoid sending me … Continue reading Diary – Chapter 7

Make sure to read up on the company structure and the main characters before diving into the diary. You missed part 5? Read it here. 2020-02-18 22:00 Sebastian calls. He points out that still the common opinion is that I will lose the case and that Patrick still feels betrayed by me. 2020-02-18 22:07 Antonia … Continue reading Diary – Chapter 6

Make sure to read up on the company structure and the main characters before diving into the diary. You missed part 4? Read it here. 2020-02-12 9:30 Sebastian calls. He asks what I would be doing today and if I was actually going through with the lawyer. He sounds like he didn’t expect me to … Continue reading Diary – Chapter 5

Make sure to read up on the company structure and the main characters before diving into the diary. You missed part 3? Read it here. 2020-02-10 12:45 One by one I am climbing the stairs leading up to Patrick's terrace, overlooking the entire compound. First thing one sees are the massive ancient (maybe Chinese?) wooden … Continue reading Diary – Chapter 4

This is a protocol of a conversation between Bernhard and Patrick Franssen. In a previous conversation Bernhard confronted Patrick with the fact that he has full written account of how Patrick committed sexual misconduct on a young female staff member. Patrick suddenly opened up and confessed that the event took place as described. In this … Continue reading Conversation Protocol 2020-02-11 9:45

Make sure to read up on the company structure and the main characters before diving into the diary. You missed part 2? Read it here. 2020-01-30 I talk to Sebastian. He says that Leo was surprised how upset I was and that he didn’t know this side of the story as Patrick apparently had told … Continue reading Diary – Chapter 3

After I receive Patrick's message, I reach out to Antonia. She confirms that my contract was mainly ended for financial reasons. Antonia announces my departure in an email to all country teams. She clearly points out that it was not her decision but taken by Patrick and Ae, driven by financial reasons.

I first meet Patrick, the founder of The Green Lion, in Peru on October 4th 2014. I had co-founded a Spanish school there in 2012 and The Green Lion was interested in working with us as their South America representation. During the talks from October 4th-7th it turnes out that The Green Lion has major IT troubles. Patrick's son Emile had started an IT company and had been working on a new booking system for The Green Lion. The result was slow, faulty and expensive.