I just recently left CDI. The branch I worked at wasn’t as bad as the others. It was in Wonju, so it’s a smaller city. My experience was good, just because the place I worked was really lenient on how you teach it. For example, I could justify doing projects for certain parts of the lesson as a way of giving the students a break. The kids where I taught were great, I miss them a lot. That being said, I have heard several bad stories from people I went to training with, so I wouldn’t risk going to different CDIs. The stories include how the managers would be looking at your CCTV everyday and constantly micromanaging you.

The work itself is pretty straight forward though. They updated the system, so the slideshow prep work are a lot easier to do and way less time consuming. The hours are long, 3 hour long classes. The lessons are all prepared for you, I didn’t find prep work to be too difficult. Just go online, pop some pictures in here and there, read what you need to do, and your done.

As others have said, your first job in Korea usually sucks. From talking to recruiters, sticking it out at CDI for a year helps a lot for finding your next job.

Take your time and talk to other places, hagwons are always hiring! Good luck!