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Originally Posted by Unregistered
i'm a junior associate in a mid - big law firm (in SG means > 50 lawyers). base pay for midsized to big firms around 5 to 6.5k sounds abvout right. bonus not so much, maybe 3 to 4 months if lucky.
we are really underpaid and if you average out our pay with hours, a home tutor makes more than us. sigh. as compared to the international/ang moh firms that pay double digit starting salary, the local firms pay is crap.
the global firms demand long hours too but at least the remuneration is commensurate. local firms with their "asian" mindset force you to grind for peanuts and then call you strawberries when you cant hack it. |
well its about who you compare with. those intl ang mor law firms is only the best in law can go, it is like those investment banking only the good finance ppl can go.
for average ppl, at least u guys as law associates get decent pay/bonus for working long hrs. those average ppl in finance even worse, work almost same hrs as u guys, but end up less than half ur pay.