No, you're massively overestimating median pay in finance. Essentially no-one is getting million pound bonuses; 90% of bankers are vice presidents or below and

No, you're massively overestimating median pay in finance. Essentially no-one is getting million pound bonuses; 90% of bankers are vice presidents or below and will be unlikely to get bonuses above £200k. Obviously that's still a lot, but anyone who's been at Google for a decade (the tenure you would need to get the highest bonuses in that range) is probably also doing OK. And it's very weird to call Linklaters "a pretty pedestrian, non-sexy law firm doing boring routine corporate stuff". They're in the Magic Circle, which is the British legal equivalent of FAANG. Their new grad roles will be just as competitive as Google's, if not more so. That the work their grads will do will be more boring seems like a reason for them to pay more, not less (not to mention the difference in number of hours).