Lawyer Salary

Originally Posted by Unregistered

You must be a girl. You want to go serve army and sacrifice 2 years of your life? If yes then you deserve the higher pay. If not, please keep quiet, you can start your career 2 years earlier than guys, so when the guys go into work, the pay would actually even out between guys and girls

What is there to complain?

Well, the question is whether they deserve the higher salary? 2 years of NS doesn’t add anything to their legal ability. Which is why I decided not to apply for legal service because it’s unfair.

Also I guess you can not compare girls to guys of the same age. After 3-4 years in Uni, we already see guys who are 2 years older as “same batch” so comparison should be between these.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Well, the question is whether they deserve the higher salary? 2 years of NS doesn’t add anything to their legal ability. Which is why I decided not to apply for legal service because it’s unfair.

Also I guess you can not compare girls to guys of the same age. After 3-4 years in Uni, we already see guys who are 2 years older as “same batch” so comparison should be between these.

Shut up and make me a sandwich

stupid bitch
try saying that in AGC office.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Well, the question is whether they deserve the higher salary? 2 years of NS doesn’t add anything to their legal ability. Which is why I decided not to apply for legal service because it’s unfair.

Also I guess you can not compare girls to guys of the same age. After 3-4 years in Uni, we already see guys who are 2 years older as “same batch” so comparison should be between these.

Note: some of the firms below adjust their salary in January following mass call in August by $500-$1k. International firms usually increase during the end of their financial year on June 30.
I also do not think some of the big four figures are correct. Most ranges from 5.3k to 5.8k. For small firm, they will usually pay 4.5k at the minimum because under employment act, if you pay someone below 4.5k, you have to compensate them for OT work. If you pay above 4.5k, your associate can do as much OT work as you require him/her to do without having to pay additional OT allowance. That is why most law firms in Singapore will pay a minimum of 4.5k unless they do not do OT at all.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Salary post for those interested after qualification (compilation from prev threads)

CC: double-digits
Baker: 7.5k
WP: 6k
R&T: 5.8k
A&G: 5.6k
Drew: 5.6k
Rodyk: 5.5k
TSMP: 5k
L&L: 4.5k
RHT: 4.5k

Legal service (incld JLC): 4.8/4.4k (with NS, 1st/2.1); 4k/3.8k (wo NS, 1st/2.1) - seems low but this is payable from part b/RLT onwards and there is a further increment after 1 year or so

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Note: some of the firms below adjust their salary in January following mass call in August by $500-$1k. International firms usually increase during the end of their financial year on June 30.
I also do not think some of the big four figures are correct. Most ranges from 5.3k to 5.8k. For small firm, they will usually pay 4.5k at the minimum because under employment act, if you pay someone below 4.5k, you have to compensate them for OT work. If you pay above 4.5k, your associate can do as much OT work as you require him/her to do without having to pay additional OT allowance. That is why most law firms in Singapore will pay a minimum of 4.5k unless they do not do OT at all.

What? Most ranges from 5.3k to 5.8k. for big 4?

The hours are going to be mad yet only pay so little? Per hour rate this is pathetic. I am so glad I made the move to medicine.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Note: some of the firms below adjust their salary in January following mass call in August by $500-$1k. International firms usually increase during the end of their financial year on June 30.
I also do not think some of the big four figures are correct. Most ranges from 5.3k to 5.8k. For small firm, they will usually pay 4.5k at the minimum because under employment act, if you pay someone below 4.5k, you have to compensate them for OT work. If you pay above 4.5k, your associate can do as much OT work as you require him/her to do without having to pay additional OT allowance. That is why most law firms in Singapore will pay a minimum of 4.5k unless they do not do OT at all.

You are mistaken. The big 4 figures in the post you were replying to are exactly right as far as I know. 5.3k is wrong. Source: 2016 call.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

You are mistaken. The big 4 figures in the post you were replying to are exactly right as far as I know. 5.3k is wrong. Source: 2016 call.

Exactly.

2016 NQ and 2017 NQ were offered two very different packages.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

The hours are going to be mad yet only pay so little? Per hour rate this is pathetic. I am so glad I made the move to medicine.

HAHAHAHAHA. Famous last words.

My siblings are junior doctors

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Exactly.

2016 NQ and 2017 NQ were offered two very different packages.

Care to elaborate?

Where can I find a list of firms retention rate in singapore ?
UK has such info including average hours worked