Lawyer Salary

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Setia just announced new pay structure! For the 1 year PTC, they will pay trainee salary for 6 months, then NQ salary after the 6-month mark.

(Hats off to them, will be v positively looked upon by TC applicants)

Will more firms in SG follow??

And Setia takes in like how many trainees every cycle?

Need a Big 4 firm to take the lead in doing this to have any chance for the market to follow.

i english very poor
cannot be lawyer

Originally Posted by Unregistered

TC season .. wondering how the pay is like with the new 1 year TC. Anyone has ideas?

anyone knows baker or cc pay? any change?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

And Setia takes in like how many trainees every cycle?

Need a Big 4 firm to take the lead in doing this to have any chance for the market to follow.

What's the current stance in the Big 4?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

i english very poor
cannot be lawyer

ya if your english very poor, no chance

you're better off joining tech and being swe instead.

just look at all those malaysian and indian swe FTs can't string a proper sentence together still can get high pay, slacking everyday working 4 hours a week churning some half-past-six code, after 5 years can be project manager everyday wayang go for teabreak claim credit for projects ezpz life. why bother to grind in law

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hearsay between high 200k to low 300k for B4 junior partners (all in).

Can anyone second this? Is it around 6-7PQE as a junior partner you get ~300K pa?

Be lawyer for what? Everyday kena gan and get paid peanuts. Take admin/hr/credit job with a 30% pay cut everyday go home at 5.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

TC season .. wondering how the pay is like with the new 1 year TC. Anyone has ideas?

tsmp leading the market with 3.5k

Originally Posted by Unregistered

What's the current stance in the Big 4?

From what I hear, the contracts that they signed still state the old rates but have the catch-all clause of “subject to change based on the firm’s discretion” - along those lines.

Honestly think that the most reasonable method should be 2k for first 6 months and LE level pay for the next 6 months, at the very least. Given that they can apply for the provisional cert after 6 months which still allows them to appear in court or give advice under supervision. Paying them flat 2k for 1 year is borderline bs LOL. Waiting to see which b4 blinks first.

But I’m nowhere close to the partner’s level to influence any of this LOL, far too low of a pleb.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

tsmp leading the market with 3.5k

lmao market leading is 3.5k...

wonder what setia's pay is seems very vague