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Original poster

To ask how Brexit will BENEFIT you/your job?

154 replies

ReasonablyIntelligent · 05/09/2019 08:49

Off the back of the other thread, I wanted to see if anyone could share how Brexit will tangibly benefit them?

I'm shocked by how many people will be/have been so acutely affected but Leave is very strong, very popular so there must be a flip side?

I'll mention I voted Remain and would do so again, but I'm NOT after a debate/bun fight about it. Just simply flipping the question to try and understand further.

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MoodLighting · 05/09/2019 12:32

There will be less job opportunities for me :-( as a short term contractor this really matters

user1471590586 · 05/09/2019 12:33

My husband works for a company who do a lot of work for customers outside of the eu. With the decrease in the pound it potentially makes their prices more competitive for customers.

allthebeigefood · 05/09/2019 12:33

Nc for this. Personally for myself it won't but dh has a job that has had a lot of red tape, particularly around working time directives etc that has financially screwed us in the past. While we didn't vote for it were hoping that if it does happen they'll loosen the grip and he can have more flexibility with working hours. Unlikely but only potential silver lining we've been looking to through this shitstorm.

Symptomless · 05/09/2019 12:34

I don't think there will be any positives.

Anniegetyourgun · 05/09/2019 12:34

Frequency as a bonus, the Working Time Directive will be toast, so you can all work as many extra hours as you can stay awake for.

TeamUnicorn · 05/09/2019 12:34

they'll stop insisting people take a day off every now and again.

Especially as the evil EU will no longer be around to ensure the workplace hours directive is implemented. The EU and their bloody human rights.*

swissmummy12345 · 05/09/2019 12:35

I'm paid in Swiss Francs, the plummeting pound means my mortgage payments back in the UK are getting cheaper every month. I'm living here in Switzerland now because my E.U. funded university position was made redundant as we as a UK partner were deemed too high risk to collaborate with for future funding. I am beyond furious about what Brexit has done to the complete social fabric of the UK and will take 30 years recover from this.

Crime is going through the roof, schools are in financial dire straits, the NHS is on its arse and all parliament has been tied up with for the last 3 years is a process which makes us all poorer and less global. I have asked leavers time and time again but I still have not heard a single argument or reason on how we will be better off than we are now?

muddledmidget · 05/09/2019 12:35

I'm a pharmacist, if there are no medicines there's no prescriptions to check, but my poor team will spend all day long explaining to patients that it's not our fault!

ShiftHappens · 05/09/2019 12:35

it won't. I work in export, mainly with customers in the EU. It would be a redundancy in all likelihood.

HTH

whyamidoingthis · 05/09/2019 12:36

It will definitely benefit my job. It will increase the number of foreign students we can attract (university). It will increase our ability to establish new partnerships with EU countries for research collaborations and joint funding bids.

But I'm in Ireland. UK peers are facing a reduction in opportunities in these areas.

Throckmorton · 05/09/2019 12:37

It won't.

ShiftHappens · 05/09/2019 12:37

I'm genuinely surprised there aren't more people posting with direct positives to their industry/lives.

who do you think are those that will benefit? Which sector and what kind of roles? I am baffled

Possiblynotever · 05/09/2019 12:38

Some jobs will flourish in case of no deal: international cross border law firms as an example having to renegotiate the terms of contracts, for example.
A lot of venture capitalists are hoping that a no deal will make GB become a sort of off shore paradise where new technologies and instruments will flourish with more relaxed regulations ( cryptocurrencies, ICOs and the like).
Very niche but very remunerative for some.
A lot of expats hope in ther return to a more friendly tax system so international accountancy firms are hoping
I do not know whether this will benefit normal ordinary people.
I fear not, still I am not a clairvoyant...

eurochick · 05/09/2019 12:40

It's likely to benefit me. I'm a lawyer specialising in international disputes. There are likely to be plenty of those generated by this clusterfuck. I still voted Remain though.

PegasusReturns · 05/09/2019 12:43

No work benefits.

I spend half my year outside the Uk and receive a proportion of my income in Euros so it's made shopping in London very attractive.

That aside it's a mess and I'm devastated this is where we are.

ShutupWesley · 05/09/2019 12:43

I'm a scientist in the chemical industry, Brexit definitely has no benefit to my job Sad

DPotter · 05/09/2019 12:51

I'm both self employed and a sessional tutor in FE. At best there will be no impact (and the economy in my area of work has been depressed for a while) or there will be a negative impact if the economy as a whole takes a dip. Some of my raw supplies are imported from Europe (Germany & Czech republic) so what happens with import tariffs is a worry as well.

Original poster
ReasonablyIntelligent · 05/09/2019 12:54

@whitershadeofpale none. That's why I voted remain.

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Brightsparx03 · 05/09/2019 12:55

I work in academia so will have reduced access to funding Grants which could be spent on research that benefits the UK and policy.

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ReasonablyIntelligent · 05/09/2019 12:57

For all those starting to get funny with me - I'll say it again. I'm firmly on the side of remain. I can see no benefits of leaving the EU.

As I said in my OP, I'm trying to understand the other side of things. Surely if so many people voted for it, they must think there are some genuine, tangible benefits.

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ClaudiaWankleman · 05/09/2019 13:00

I work in banking, with a growing specialism in losses and risk on loans and other financial instruments.
It’s benefitting the scope of my work (although hurting our clients, and they are taking steps to remove the risks which will eventually lead to less work for me).
Swings and roundabouts. I am a remainer.

Frequency · 05/09/2019 13:11

Yeah, they pretty much ignore the working time directive anyway so it'll be interesting to see what stupid shift patterns they come up with when they don't have to think about it at all.

thatwouldbeanecumenicalmatter · 05/09/2019 13:18

I've been meaning to lose weight...#Govediet

LifeofClimb · 05/09/2019 13:18

Well, I bought my house at a good price because the market has been slow.
At work, my services will fall under no vat due to the nature of it, so actually I’ll be able to pass on lower costs to small businesses so there is a benefit. We’re fairly well protected at the moment - we’re lucky though.

I am a remainer despite the fact we may benefit and gain more overseas custom after brexit.

Juells · 05/09/2019 13:21

they must think there are some genuine, tangible benefits

There are people who are/were prepared to take a hit on principle. I remember seeing a TV programme about Leave voters in which several people had voted Leave when it would affect their business. One was a nursery garden owner who got all his supplies from the Netherlands. He was prepared to take the hit for 'taking back control'. Others were steel workers in Port Talbot. One interesting person was the manager of a carpet shop who kept laughing in an inane way and saying "Oh, there's cleverer people than me and you working on a great deal, right now. You'll see, these clever people have a great deal up their sleeves, they're just playing their cards close to their chest." He kept laughing about the foolishness of people who didn't know there was a great deal being arranged behind the scenes :(

Several business owners had spelled out to the workers what Brexit would mean - the business closing down. Their workers had still voted Leave. So either people were told and thought it was Project Fear, or they did it to spite their bosses.