Why Singapore lawyers don’t last beyond courtship phase: ‘so much pressure’ (opens in new tab)

The breaking point for former Singaporean lawyer Dominic Low was when he had just got home past midnight and his boss asked him to respond to an international client. This meant he had to return to the office and work till 2am. He was into his second year of a corporate law career and decided that very night that the job was not for him. “Everyone was under so much pressure and just expected to deliver at the cost of their personal life and mental health,” Low, 35, said. Despite leaving the...