11k salary

options to choose
in-house with 3 mths bonus
or
4 pqe with 3 mths bonus (minus front load)

which to take

Depends if you are more concerned with work-life balance or salary.

Going in-house means slacker life but less pay down the road.

thoughts on the industry's backpedaling of the 1 yr TC?

For corp & finance work, which of these teams have better deals - baker or ashurst adt?

Last ditch effort to safe face - blame covid (and only for the period of 2022) when the wheels has been set into motion since 2018. Can’t tell if it’s a desperate attempt or they really take the citizens as fools.

How is it a last-ditch effort?

bump. any idea on this?

Senior Counsel Gregory Vijayendran, who was a member of the committee, told The Straits Times the pandemic has, among other things, impacted law firm revenue and livelihood.

“The profession needs a little more time to get accustomed to these changes from a cost, time and process re-engineering perspective,” said the Rajah & Tann partner.

He noted that, for example, by practically doubling the practice training period, this means doubling the allowance paid to the trainees. This works out to sizeable sums for larger firms that take in more trainees.

He added that law firms need to thrive in their economic recovery efforts.

s://.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/changes-for-stricter-bar-exam-and-longer-training-for-singapore-law-grads-pushed-to-2024

What does he mean? Instead of paying trainees a paltry peanut sum of 2K for 6 months and then 6 months of NQ salary, they get to pay the peanut trainee pay for 12 months under the new scheme. The firms SAVE MORE money under the new scheme.

Only way a firm spends more money is if they give out TCs without an intention to retain everyone at the end of the TC? Does R&T do that?

Those are two separate practice areas. Pick one.

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