Lawyer Salary

Anyone knows the new (post-revision) AGC starting pay for fresh grads?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

incidentally i also find it funny how you handwaved away the issue of crap pay when it constitutes like 80% of the problem in the round. believe me 80% of problems will be more palatable for young lawyers if mid tiers paid their lawyers on par with the B4 at the very least.

the prob is tt they're unprofitable messes stuck w bottom feeding clients and outmatched by internationals in every sector of the market.

So not so much firm specific but the sg legal market is what you have a problem with

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Salary and culture is one thing, but the most important in my book is standards and commitment to development of the younger lawyers. You see this in firms like Wong P, but not so much some of the other big 4s and certainly not DRD.

WongP committed to developing younger lawyers? care to share which team were you part of in WongP?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Anyone knows the new (post-revision) AGC starting pay for fresh grads?

On par with big 4.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

So not so much firm specific but the sg legal market is what you have a problem with

i guess mid tier firms are all crap in their own way.

that's a bit like saying it's not a specific local sinkie run SME that you have a problem with, but SMEs in general. Well, yes...cos they're all usually badly run nepotistic fiefdoms.

Hi all, currently a 2PQE corp assoc in a small mid size boutique. How much should I be looking salary wise. Planning to jump in 2023 to “Big 5” or something around there, once I complete over a year at my current practice.

Have job hopped before due to having bad experiences in small firms (<10)

Currently salary is significantly below market rate. I like the partner I work with but I don’t see a future as increments are minimal.

Is asking for 7k-7.5k reasonable?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hi all, currently a 2PQE corp assoc in a small mid size boutique. How much should I be looking salary wise. Planning to jump in 2023 to “Big 5” or something around there, once I complete over a year at my current practice.

Have job hopped before due to having bad experiences in small firms (<10)

Currently salary is significantly below market rate. I like the partner I work with but I don’t see a future as increments are minimal.

Is asking for 7k-7.5k reasonable?

If successfully clinched a role in b4 + drd, 7.5 is quite low for 3PQE. That’s the 1 PQE pay scale. Even as a lateral hire, I think asking for 8-8.5 range isn’t unreasonable.

I think mid tiers are already paying their 3PQEs like 8.5k or so. Think Withers Khattarwong.

So agreed an 8 to 8.5K, closer to 9K even, is well within expectations for lateralling to a Big 4 or DRD.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I think mid tiers are already paying their 3PQEs like 8.5k or so. Think Withers Khattarwong.

So agreed an 8 to 8.5K, closer to 9K even, is well within expectations for lateralling to a Big 4 or DRD.

Most larger mid-tiers are actually paying at least 7-7.2k for NQs or "1PQEs" (from Jan).

So one would think their 3PQE pay is going to be higher than that.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Most larger mid-tiers are actually paying at least 7-7.2k for NQs or "1PQEs" (from Jan).

So one would think their 3PQE pay is going to be higher than that.

OP here. Which teams / practices should I fervently avoid.