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upnblue



Joined: 29 Jul 2005

PostPosted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 10:23 pm    Post subject: CDI Reply with quote

Does anyone know about this institute?? Are they good? should i want to teach there? Any comments, good or bad, please advise me
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purple_buddha



Joined: 18 Apr 2003

PostPosted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 4:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=35918&highlight=CDI
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slap it



Joined: 21 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 8:57 pm    Post subject: think twice Reply with quote

i was offered a job by CDI. i was enticed by their ad that stated i would make over 3 million won. when i looked at the contract and worked all the math out, i decided to turn them down. basically you're on a part time contract, that is why they tax you at a flat 3.3%. you don't get pension money, there's no severance pay bonus, and they don't provide housing either. it worked out the same as if i got a regular single shift hogwan job with a salary of 2,000,000 won. Sad
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nrvs



Joined: 30 Jun 2004
Location: standing upright on a curve

PostPosted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 5:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

slap it wrote:
it worked out the same as if i got a regular single shift hogwan job with a salary of 2,000,000 won

That's interesting because my girlfriend works for CDI and takes home waaaaay more cash than I do. I work at a typical hagwon job paying the typical hagwon salary.

If you decide to apply, make sure it's to the 8 "real" CDI branches. They are in Cheongdam (duh), Daechi, Mokdong, Junggye, Songpa, Bundang, Ilsan, and Pyongchon. Avoid the CDI franchises popping up all over the place. They pay far less than the branches and have the possibility of being just as poorly-run as, say, a Wonderland franchise.
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mysteriousdeltarays



Joined: 07 Feb 2003
Location: Food Pyramid Bldg. 5F, 77 Sunset Strip, Alphaville

PostPosted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yaeh there is something very "fishy" about that operation. Myguess is that they are some sort of a pyramid scheme or something. They all use the same ad. They are popping up like mushrooms everywhere. I don't even respond to their endless spam.
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wwidgirl



Joined: 20 Mar 2005
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 5:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Several of my friends have worked for them and say that it's a hard but good job.
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dulouz



Joined: 04 Feb 2003
Location: Uranus

PostPosted: Sat Sep 24, 2005 6:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

For the most best thing that ever happened to ESL in Korea, they seem to have a hard time getting teachers.
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nrvs



Joined: 30 Jun 2004
Location: standing upright on a curve

PostPosted: Sat Sep 24, 2005 8:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What happens on every single CDI thread:

"A job that pays first-year applicants more than the 2.3 million I've been making at my hogwan for the past 5 years can't possibly exist! I refuse to believe it!"
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jajdude



Joined: 18 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 3:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

"For the most best thing ever" We'll I be being a recruiter now!
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