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Originally Posted by Unregistered

how about you tell me here and i can have some mental preparation when i go in two years later? haha, everyone here keeps saying it's bad but i have no idea what to look out for or prep against etc

Had a friend there a while back. Poor thing was the definition of overworked. Wouldn’t say the culture is toxic but the hours (regular 3am nights, burnt weekends) and the learning curve are no joke. Good luck.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

If you think this forum is toxic, you will be woefully under-prepared for practice.

nice fearmongering bro

Originally Posted by Unregistered

ya lol wtf theres no point telling him it's not great without elaborating further honestly i think some of yall here just live off other peoples' anxiety and unhappiness

I mean just ask him to ask his seniors. Easy.

They'll speak freely.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I mean just ask him to ask his seniors. Easy.

They'll speak freely.

LOL like that everything also ask seniors/colleagues/friends la, what’s the forum for? op wanted to ask the forum, is that wrong? maybe he already asked his seniors or he doesn’t know anyone etc.

v hard to answer his qn meh

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Anyone else thinks that the Govt has been recently conflating FTAs and FDIs with the free flow of foreign talent on the CECA issue? There is some relationship but not a strong one.

FTAs and FDIs are mainly structured for the free flow of goods , services and capital.

Japan and Korea have a plethora of FTAs and FDIs but their language and culture forms a natural barrier to the free flow of people.

Australia and New Zealand have a plethora of FTAs and FDIs but they regulate the flow of foreign workers stringently.

Attacking the PSP using FTAs and FDIs is just a cover for their failure or perhaps unwillingness to regulate the massive influx of foreign workers.

The government is fully aware about allowing a foreign worker OVERFLOW because it wants to hurriedly create a bigger and bigger economy to justify its bigger and bigger salaries. the saddest part of the Singapore model of success is that the ruling elites/ policy makers are not on the same boat as the commoners who toil 24/7 which includes us junior/senior assocs/SPs.

Like George Orwell wrote in the Animal Farm, all animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.

I actually agree with part of your post.

This isn't race-baiting. We are looking at the degree of freedom in relation to the movement (and employment) of people.

While it is discriminatory, no country around the world provides for absolute freedom with regards to the movement and employment of foreigners, without more. Every state is entitled to impose conditions on the employment of foreigners for the benefit of its citizens.

I don't think he answered those questions or framed those issues well.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

LOL like that everything also ask seniors/colleagues/friends la, what’s the forum for? op wanted to ask the forum, is that wrong? maybe he already asked his seniors or he doesn’t know anyone etc.

v hard to answer his qn meh

This OP obviously not in the industry. Some things just simply cannot be explained with words.

So in response to your query: yes, very hard to answer his question through the forum.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

This OP obviously not in the industry. Some things just simply cannot be explained with words.

So in response to your query: yes, very hard to answer his question through the forum.

huh cannot explain with words but then if he asks his seniors or future colleagues then they use what? sign language?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I mean just ask him to ask his seniors. Easy.

They'll speak freely.

hi! im the op that asked about a&g -- wanted to ask the forum because the only seniors i know are just one batch above me, so they haven't gone into practice yet. i'm a girl, so unlike guys who know girls two batches above them due to ns, i don't. and i didn't get a chance to intern at the department (though, even if i interned i doubt it would be representative of practice). just thought i'd drop in on this forum to ask around if anyone has any advice/tips/general comments.

if you don't then no worries at all -- but i just don't really see the point in people just telling me "good luck" or "you'll see when you join" because of course i will see when i join. i ask because i want to know some things before i join.

in any case, i understand now it may be hard to put into words, and i appreciate everyone's candour.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I mean just ask him to ask his seniors. Easy.

They'll speak freely.

your mum is easy

Originally Posted by Unregistered

your mum is easy

You have no mum