Lawyer Salary

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Actually, what's in it for firms to raise pay sia? which firms wanna play Buddha or Jesus to save the ailing legal industry. I think should increase those with PQE 5+ years coz they tahan like mad.

Aiya in this era, who still charge by hourly bill aside from our industry and tutors? Imagine ur cai png auntie charge u by hourly rate on the time she uses to prepare your food. Or if your secondary schl/JC charge u by hourly rate, i think you hongan liao

Lol Buddha and Jesus. No such thing in the legal industry la. Don't expect compassion from the partners eh.

There is just that much money a firm can earn in a year. Everyone wanna take a piece of the pie. If the firms increase your pay, that means somewhere else, they need to cut the budget. A zero sum game unless you get more clients lor. but now even clients not willing pay much and use excuse like "oh got COVID", "oh if you cannot agree with XXX dollars, I switch firms liao".

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hours are late as expected for law firm I guess, but does anyone know if the bosses are verbally abusive, etc? The department is especially notorious among all the litigation groups in wongp and don’t seem to understand why

Given the sensitivity you should ask around. I personally don't know the answers

Originally Posted by Unregistered

does anyone know about WONGP SPC? heard alot of mixed reviews but is it really that bad

They have super high turnover.. out of all the depts, they have the most leavers. Therefore, they are almost always recruiting.

Draw your own conclusions.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

They have super high turnover.. out of all the depts, they have the most leavers. Therefore, they are almost always recruiting.

Draw your own conclusions.

Thanks for your honesty, I have concluded.

Any advice for transferring internally? Will your boss blacklist you or is it a common occurance?

Why do so many assocs in their late 20s already have grey hair?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

New US salary war liao. Milbank just up NQ pay to USD$215k.

Singapore NQ salary raise when??

International firms in SG that pay on Cravath also increase?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Actually, what's in it for firms to raise pay sia? which firms wanna play Buddha or Jesus to save the ailing legal industry. I think should increase those with PQE 5+ years coz they tahan like mad.

Aiya in this era, who still charge by hourly bill aside from our industry and tutors? Imagine ur cai png auntie charge u by hourly rate on the time she uses to prepare your food. Or if your secondary schl/JC charge u by hourly rate, i think you hongan liao

Someone here asked this question before, framed differently - what is the value you bring that the firm must remunerate you thus.

No one here could answer it apart from "just because". And everyone somehow got very upset when pressed on the value point, because they all seemed to think money grows out of thin air

Any thoughts on dating in the profession? I’ve dated quite a few in the profession and always found those in the profession to be quite demanding and ridiculously high maintenance. I’ve only dated one outside the profession so frankly I don’t have enough of a sample size for comparison but wonder if it’s just my luck. Am asking because there’s someone I know who I think is really really hot but I’m also concerned about my past experiences.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Any thoughts on dating in the profession? I’ve dated quite a few in the profession and always found those in the profession to be quite demanding and ridiculously high maintenance. I’ve only dated one outside the profession so frankly I don’t have enough of a sample size for comparison but wonder if it’s just my luck. Am asking because there’s someone I know who I think is really really hot but I’m also concerned about my past experiences.

“Vanessa, if anyone ever asks me in my life what my nightmares look and sound like, I’m gonna refer to that.”