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Originally Posted by Unregistered
Come on, you join a law firm as a freshie doing long OT is expected. Want a 8-5 job go join the civil service.
Also Singapore is suffering from massive oversupply of law grads, those without experience are now begging for proper lawyer jobs. Many are taking up paralegal and contract drafter type of jobs, that is what I call 'exploitative'.
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I'm the poster you quoted.
Read carefully. Where did I say that he should only accept a 8 to 5 job as a lawyer?
I'm saying that the firm trying to enforce a Monday to Saturday work-week is stupid and pointless.
no professional firm puts Saturday as its OFFICIAL working hours. to do so smacks of primary school disciplinarianism.
so is he expected to come in on a Saturday when there's nothing really much for him to do?
working adults are capable of planning their own workflow and meeting their deadlines without being compelled to come back on Saturday. what's next, coming in at 7 am for flag raising ceremony too?
even the most brutal financial services firms or investment banks don't stipulate an official Saturday workday.