Lawyer Salary

Originally Posted by Unregistered

current law students beware: the hr dept of a certain big4 firm is plain awful and horribly incompetent. messed up my tc interview and now i hear they're messing up the entry dates for their incoming RLT batch. good luck getting all your trainees in on time.

LOL? I think the current batch of law students have bigger problems on their hands than simply dealing with incompetent HR personnel.

So rumour has it on pay cuts on recent first year Assoc who just called to bar. True or false? anyone can confirm ?

i heard about the pay cut, across the board for 1st year assocs in the big4. havent heard of similar cuts in the small, mid, or intl firms

the pay cut seems to be q substantial, from 1k to 25%.

life is tough =(

Originally Posted by Unregistered

i heard about the pay cut, across the board for 1st year assocs in the big4. havent heard of similar cuts in the small, mid, or intl firms

the pay cut seems to be q substantial, from 1k to 25%.

life is tough =(

Well, MinLaw should use this opportunity to create an oversupply of lawyers, this would cause legal fees to fall, and greater access for legal services.

rumor is that only R&T of the big 4 has cut. the rest is still intact.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Well, MinLaw should use this opportunity to create an oversupply of lawyers, this would cause legal fees to fall, and greater access for legal services.

wrong forum my friend. This one called salary.sg not government-policies.sg

to the rest:

all big 4 cut , confirm ? from what I hear some assoc haven't know the terms of their contract leh.

First year assoc pay cut by few hundred, not 1k. Heard that bonuses are on the low side as well

Originally Posted by Unregistered

First year assoc pay cut by few hundred, not 1k. Heard that bonuses are on the low side as well

its nothing much to complain about. Even with the paycuts, the starting salaries are still higher than 95% of graduates from other disciplines (with the remaining 5% being the top tier finance people). It's also still higher than what most graduated would be making, even after 5 years of work experience.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

its nothing much to complain about. Even with the paycuts, the starting salaries are still higher than 95% of graduates from other disciplines (with the remaining 5% being the top tier finance people). It's also still higher than what most graduated would be making, even after 5 years of work experience.

so how much is the starting salary now? 7k cut to 6.5k? dont complain too much la, already said oversupply of lawyers. now got job tao chio liao, u want to b one of those fresh grad lawyers but cant become lawyer and go do some corporate legal stuff?

True...Salary still higher than most professions. In the past, starting pay was around 5k on average. Perhaps, 4.5-4.8k now.