You've got to be crazy. I worked for CIS and I have known many people who have worked at CIS. Mr. Kim has been not registering people with the tax office for years. I have been in this country a long time and I have both heard directly from people and have read countless posts about certified Canadian teachers in Seoul getting lied, to, stolen from, and the good old Korean Hawgwon trick of illegally firing someone and cancelling their work visa...not have I heard this from people I worked with, people that worked there after I did, but 10 years later I am still hearing the same old Mr. Kim stories from people who took his word on faith and traveled half way around the world to try something new. This man is a crook, a liar, (one of many), and will continue to exploit foreigners least we speak up and warn one another. You are either a Korean shill for this guy, or are unbelievable dense and naïve for supporting this criminal.

Don't come to Korea and work for CIS!!! Don't make the same mistake many people in this thread have made. Look online! lots of evidence of this exists. The evidence is not anecdotal, there are dozens of teachers telling you the same thing. Find somewhere else to work, please, for your own sake. The Korean hawgwon business model of firing you illegally, cancelling your work visa, locking you out of your apartment, not paying you severance or giving you your flight money home is an excellent one! If you can manage to come back under a tourist visa and take your boss to court, through the Korean Labor Board, you might get your money back. But the hawgwon owner has lost nothing by trying to take your money...its money he or she would have to pay you anyway. They lose nothing by trying.

Please ignore any posts that say nice things about CIS, they are simply not true.