Training bond
If you are going anywhere that begins with SI I would say that you'll enjoy it. Ask all relevant Q's at interview. If you don't like the answers then don't sign.
But downtown LA it ain't. They're hard masters-even to their own kind-but they are fair. Perhaps not so fair to western eyes but then this is a different culture in a different part of the world. A training bond with them will be with up front money banked into a local bank. Break the bond and the money will go, have no doubt of that. Plus you'll be PNG at a very important travel crossroads.
I have little experience of other parts of Asia, but I do read the horror stories on here. A good agency-an oxymoron perhaps-should be able to keep you clear of most of those.
S