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Old 10-08-2022, 08:03 AM
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Why need to earn so much? Issnt mental health more important? Already Big 4 so stressful , I can only imagine intl firms is worse?

And why local firms don't increase salary to match intl firms?
Oh sweet summer child…

Big4 ain’t stressful compared to the stress at the international firm level. Honestly the playing field is so different. But ti answer your first question, some lawyers (i) are so good that they don’t feel too much stress doing the work, (ii) manage stress better, (iii) have coping mechanisms, or (iv) any combination of (i) to (iii).

To answer your second question, local firms can’t increase their salary because they can’t increase their billing rate. And they can’t increase their billing rate because they can’t demonstrate more value-add than they’re worth. International firms can charge more because their clients value their services more (e.g. commercial acumen, foreign law expertise) that many local lawyers don’t demonstrate. Also, SG clients tend to be cheap AF. Again, different playing field.

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