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Old 21-06-2021, 07:21 PM
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He/she/it asked, what is the value of your work done, numbnuts. If it was just sheer number of hours worked, then why don't we see delta construction workers getting paid S$260kpa to build your BTO flat?

Obviously there isn't much value in copypasting from agreements that your seniors copypasted from themselves, which is why he/she/it asked why have to pay so much for same sh*t different skin colour, same bloody language anyway

Make the case for the value you think you contribute you smoothbrained moron
Basic supply and demand. You can get plenty of cheap manual labour since foe them working in SG and earning their **** pay beats whatever they can get back home even as a graduate. Law is grindy as hell and more than anything you just need (1) the qualifications and (2) the stomach for the work and the hours. Value wise we have plenty meeting both conditions (1) and (2), hence the low pay in the Singapore market. And condition (1) can be completely subjective too - the magic circle for instance may only wish to recruit from the russell group, or the white shoes from the ivy leagues. Which is their prerogative, but it also means they have to fork out the dough. SG law firms don't really care about the universities one graduates from, which results in great supply and low wages.

THe truth is that value is an artificial concept anyway - if someone needs your services and you are amongst the few who can provide them then you would naturally have value and be paid higher. And these services can be entirely subjective and ridiculous - heck an e-girl selling her bath water to simps possibly provides a lot more value to the world by providing sexual pleasure than some ambulance chasing lawyers.

Btw resorting to ad hominen attacks is not a great display of your intelligence lol. I would have thought anyone legally trained would not resort to such basic logical fallacies.
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