This bunch of people advertise regularly on sites such as Dave's ESL Cafe and other boards. Below is a typical example of the moonshine they peddle.

"Dear Applicants,

CDI is seeking qualified Gyopos (overseas Koreans) and native speakers for instructor positions to begin immediately and in Nov., and Dec, across Seoul and other major cities. As the foremost ESL firm in the nation, we welcome your application to cultivate the leaders of tomorrow, today with CDI. "

Pigs fly !!! CDI is a bog standard hakwon with delusions of grandeur. The "leaders of tomorrow" are in fact just ordinary teenage kids. CDI recruits western teachers who have Masters Degrees and give teachers the impression that they will be teaching advanced courses in Literature, History etc to students in their "Masters Programme" Fantastic - you'll be teaching University students some interesting stuff. Er no. Of course you won't. You'll be teaching tired and bored 13 year olds English Grammar and Language from 4:00 p.m in an afternoon to 10:00 p.m in an evening. Oh and all your lessons will be monitored by CCTV. Keep smiling though your heart is breaking!! Total time wasters are CDI. And there's more....

CDI says it will train you and give you a certification once you have trained. Well, the "training" is at best a joke, and you won't be paid any money whilst this "training" is being done - if you are even trained that is! After my "training" I didn't get a certificate. A shame cos I couldn't afford any toilet paper at the time. My certificate would have come in very handy. So you can expect to be in Seoul for anything up to a month before you start work without them paying you any money. Nice one CDI !!

Oh what else? Oh yes, they offer "key money" for accommodation. Once in Seoul, they then tell you that this money is actually a loan for accommodation , which they will automatically deduct from your salary as they will money for bond, securities, rent in advance etc etc. They will offer you really tempting salaries 4,000,000 a month - but will deduct money so that you are looking at well under 3,000,000 - and of course they will forget to tell you that Seoul is one of the most expensive places on the planet.

Oh - and no paid holiday entitlement either. Brilliant!!!

Yeah. Anyone still tempted to work for this bunch should contact their HR Managers Jimmy Chang and Edward Lee ( both Gyopos hailing from Vancouver) Judging by their flashy suits and flash cars - they make a decent living unlike teachers who they dupe into coming to work for them.

Thanks to them, I was messed about for 6 weeks with no pay. Other teachers - you know with MAs from Cambridge, Harvard and Yale were in the same boat.

CDI gives Seoul and Korea a very bad reputation. I've left the place - and would NEVER consider teaching in Korea again. Perhaps Korea's "future elite" would be better off getting a decent night's sleep rather than suffering with their teachers in cowboy outfits like CDI.