If a audit/law firm partner takes home xxx,xxx = no big deal.

If a doctor takes home xxx,xxx = no big deal

If a MP takes home x,xxx,xxx = gumble abit but ultimately accepted

So why when bankers take home xxx,xxx we get so much flak? The cost of living in Singapore is so expensive. We bankers work as hard (arguably harder) than the other professions, plus ours is a cyclical industry. We have families to feed too and like everyone we work to put food on the table and aspire the Singaporean dream.