I used to work for a language school in Cebu (not CPILS). CPILS has a bad reputation, and is in the worst possible neighborhood imaginable. It is not safe to walk out of the compound there at night. They get loads of students because they have a great recruiter in Korea.
As for salary, you aren't going to make much. In the smaller ones you might be hired as a token "native speaker", but don't expect to live like a king on what you make. You'll have to have money in reserve, especially if you want to go out at night, go scuba diving, etc. It's much easier and cheaper to hire local Filipinos to teach, some who have no teaching credentials at all.
See if you can talk to the owners, if possible. The school that I worked for there had just started up, and the owners were certifiably insane. They spent all this money of facilities, and on making a great website. When I asked for curriculum books, and other resource materials, their answer was, "Oh, we don't have any money for that". After they opened, they had their lawyer draw up a letter threatening to sue a couple of their students and have them deported because they believed they were talking bad about them in Internet chatrooms. Of course, that meant that a couple months after that, they had no students. And if something went wrong, or students had complaints, then they disappeared, and you were left to deal with it.
They are still operating, how I don't know, and their website makes all sort of promises looks impressive.
As for work visas, forget it. You'll be working on a tourist visa, unless you are married to a Philippine citizen. Even then, you won't get a work visa.
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