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Old 12-11-2022, 12:30 AM
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Slogging it out in a small or mid tier Sinkie law firm on paltry $6K $7K $8K pay is really one of the dumbest things you can do. The only upside to working in a B4, also sweatshops, is the shot at better exit options to international firms.

A small or mid tier local firm provides you no such opps. If you ever find yourself in one of these outfits, GTFO as soon as you can. The effort-to-reward ratio is simply not worth it. You can get much better lifestyle in other non-high-flyer corporate jobs for the kind of paltry pay mid tiers are paying their lawyers.
Agreed. Employees please start pushing this narrative and stop letting these small, mid and even b4 take advantage of junior employees. Granted SG overall has a smaller pie to go around compared to our counterparts in other jurisdictions, the disparity is unjustifiable. It might be counter-intuitive to push back on offers made to you all as a junior, who are lowkey desperate to take on any offer, but please bear in mind that you are entitled to negotiate. Negotiating doesn’t jeopardise your offer and if it does, the company isn’t worth working for anyways to begin with.
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