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Unregistered 04-12-2022 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Unregistered (Post 236422)
Currently being paid $2k to do my TC in a small-mid size firm. Workload is pretty intense, am billing around $8-12k monthly for the firm. Not sure if I’m being lowballed or if $2k is a normal TC rate for small/mid size firms?

Would it be possible to negotiate for a higher allowance (I still have a few more months left in my TC)? Also, curious to know if TC rates are much higher at the bigger firms?

I second what the above poster has advised. The issue is not your low TC allowance (it isn't that far off from the big local firms anyway), it's your medium to long term career trajectory in a small-mid size firm.

As many posters here have pointed out, it's a real slog with little good exit ops working in a smaller (local) law firm. The cost-benefit ratio isn't worth it. Big firms are their own slog but the exit options (in the form of getting high profile deals or cases on your resume) and to some extent the pay, makes it more worthwhile.

Small firms will work you like a bone, pay you peanuts, and make you feel grateful just because they "deign" to give you a job. Don't fall for this kind of boomer toxic gaslighting.

Focus on completing your TC well, burnishing your CV and moving to a better firm. (Unless of course there are unique factors about your small firm that make it a good value proposition to stay although it doesn't really sound like it from your post).

Unregistered 04-12-2022 02:16 PM

Big5 here big5 there. What a joke. Stop it. Its like saying i’m top 11 in school. Nobody cares except you.

Unregistered 04-12-2022 05:25 PM

Big 4 TC pay is 2k also complain for what

Unregistered 05-12-2022 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Unregistered (Post 236467)
Big 4 TC pay is 2k also complain for what

Because 1965 pupilage pay same as 2022 TC pay. Back then still got CPF. Some more now become 1 year with no confirmation of it being raised at the 6 months mark. Keep bending over backwards buddy your boss will be thanking you with a brand new Porsche to admire from afar.

Unregistered 05-12-2022 08:46 AM

Oon n Bazul good firm to join? Disputes and R&i.

Unregistered 05-12-2022 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Unregistered (Post 236494)
Oon n Bazul good firm to join? Disputes and R&i.

Yes, if you survive.

Unregistered 05-12-2022 01:41 PM

Mls
 
How is it like to work in MLS, corp team.

Unregistered 05-12-2022 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Unregistered (Post 236498)
Yes, if you survive.

Please elaborate!

Unregistered 05-12-2022 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Unregistered (Post 236514)
Please elaborate!

High turnover. New joiners usually quit within 3 mths of joining. Partners are very very difficult to work for.

Unregistered 05-12-2022 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Unregistered (Post 236506)
How is it like to work in MLS, corp team.

MLS is rising up and coming firm. I predict it will overtake even some Big 4 soon


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