Today 12:11 PM |
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There is some merit in learning the value of humility and making do with less at the start of one’s career. Not being jelly or sour grapes. The fall is harder to bear when one starts off with S$25-30k salaries so soon after graduation, and subsequently need to ‘downgrade’ along the course of one’s career because the top can only accommodate that many. By that time, one might likely have acquired penchant for finer things in life, including expensive commitments that become unsustainable to finance on a lower pay.
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Take the high pay upfront, save the money and let compound interest work in your favour. The value of "humility" is letting the partner keep the pay differentia and let him/her earn the compound interest instead of you. Do your part to narrow the wealth gap. If you can't even figure this out, you deserve to be replaced by chatgpt.
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Today 09:18 AM |
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Funny how folks who are supposed to be legally trained leap to assumptions. No point trying to disprove since this is anonymous anyway. Just sharing some gems of advice from experience of what it is like to have pay cut. No one is saying they don’t want high pay. Just flagging the other side. Similar views have been shared before on this thread. Insist on your own beliefs if you will.
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There is some truth in the points you raise regarding lifestyle creep and golden handcuffs as a result of high salaries (relative to the median wages in Singapore) and high expectations.
But the angle you're approach it from, is frankly speaking, imbecilic.
A non-mentally challenged person would simply advise people to live a more abstemious and financially prudent lifestyle, and live within modest means with forward financial planning. As opposed to trying to rationalize the value of earning less.
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Today 09:14 AM |
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There is some merit in learning the value of humility and making do with less at the start of one’s career. Not being jelly or sour grapes. The fall is harder to bear when one starts off with S$25-30k salaries so soon after graduation, and subsequently need to ‘downgrade’ along the course of one’s career because the top can only accommodate that many. By that time, one might likely have acquired penchant for finer things in life, including expensive commitments that become unsustainable to finance on a lower pay.
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With your reading, I think you should take a look at the auditor thread and think again
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Yesterday 11:48 PM |
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Ok tmr u volunteer ask for pay cut no need the front load. What a load of crap. Brainwashed local grad 100%
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Funny how folks who are supposed to be legally trained leap to assumptions. No point trying to disprove since this is anonymous anyway. Just sharing some gems of advice from experience of what it is like to have pay cut. No one is saying they don’t want high pay. Just flagging the other side. Similar views have been shared before on this thread. Insist on your own beliefs if you will.
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Yesterday 11:13 PM |
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There is some merit in learning the value of humility and making do with less at the start of one’s career. Not being jelly or sour grapes. The fall is harder to bear when one starts off with S$25-30k salaries so soon after graduation, and subsequently need to ‘downgrade’ along the course of one’s career because the top can only accommodate that many. By that time, one might likely have acquired penchant for finer things in life, including expensive commitments that become unsustainable to finance on a lower pay.
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Ok tmr u volunteer ask for pay cut no need the front load. What a load of crap. Brainwashed local grad 100%
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Yesterday 11:05 PM |
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Meanwhile some firms still see no issues in paying their NQs 5600+ a front-loaded bonus of 1400.
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There is some merit in learning the value of humility and making do with less at the start of one’s career. Not being jelly or sour grapes. The fall is harder to bear when one starts off with S$25-30k salaries so soon after graduation, and subsequently need to ‘downgrade’ along the course of one’s career because the top can only accommodate that many. By that time, one might likely have acquired penchant for finer things in life, including expensive commitments that become unsustainable to finance on a lower pay.
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Yesterday 09:54 PM |
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Goodwin procter NQ to £175k
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Meanwhile some firms still see no issues in paying their NQs 5600+ a front-loaded bonus of 1400.
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Yesterday 08:28 PM |
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Goodwin procter NQ to £175k
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Yesterday 08:16 PM |
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Congratulations! You can try applying, but maybe proceed carefully (assume you won’t be applying to same practice area as current TC firm) to minimize risk of firms talking about you to each other! (Just in case you wanna change firm a few years down the road!)
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Yeah I think he/she’s better off staying wherever he/she is when he/she had not so stellar grades lol
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Yesterday 08:15 PM |
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What is ODL
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Overall Dean’s list bro - also for NUS
For SMU, it’s a high summa I guess
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