To ask how Brexit will BENEFIT you/your job?

[ReasonablyIntelligent]

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.

My husband's work has seen a huge upturn in business. They automate assembly lines and many manufacturers are looking to reduce the number of staff they need to compensate for the loss of skilled labour. However, they are struggling to meet demand as they too can't find enough skilled workers.

Juells you are right - for many leavers it really doesn't matter that there are no real benefits to Brexit - it's nearly like they relish the chaos. Maybe it's an age thing - many are retired/near retirement so don't really care?

I work in heritage tourism. I suppose that Brexit might mean that as the pound falls, more foreign tourists will visit and spend money. However, I suspect that the costs of maintaining historic sites will increase, there will be less money from government and charity funding and from public donations and opportunities for international collaboration with experts across Europe.

Erm ill get to live in a new country? (move likely), actually that wont be too bad but would prefer to stay in london!

I'm in the Security Printing business, and we've had an order for 65 million ration books.

If we do a good job we'll have another print run every three months for the next twelve years.

We've had to pre-order the special paper and ink as it's imported.

My sector has been underfunded from UK purse for a long time and we scrape by on EU grants, sooo...

@PigletJohn fuuuck are you serious?? Ration books as in because there won't be enough to go around abundantly?

There will be enough food. You will get what you need.

Woolton pie is very nutritious.

Everyone will have the food they need says Gove, although prices will go up.

I am not actualy serious.

But I am more trustworthy than Buffoon or Gove.

There are no benefits.

In my area of work, the UK is already a fairly unattractive place to do business due to bureaucratic processes & timelines.
The additional burden created by Brexit could very well mean that companies stay away from the UK altogether.

Unclear but I emigrated to be on the safe side.

I write CVs for a living, so an influx of unemployed people works in my favour (though I’m as Europhilic as they come and don’t wish the effects of Brexit on anyone).

I’m a journalist, and if there’s one thing about at the moment it’s a hell of a lot of news...

Like @swissmummy12345 I now work overseas (due to Brexit!) and due to the falling pound my pay has gone up a lot!

DS could be one of the last of the U.K. Erasmus students.

er that’s it.

I voted remain and hate watching the madness - at every turn it gets worse! I’m ashamed to admit to my nationality

DD is applying for medical school. Not only is she in a low birth rate yr but the medical schools are expanding fast, and it's acknowledged by govt that UK needs to train more of its own doctors, so more investment in med school places is promised. She is applying just when the demand for people like her is shooting up, and supply likely to fall. So easier to get into that profession right now. That's our benefit.

DD turns 18 in 4 weeks & will vote anything but Tory.

I work in NHS admin and... nada. Sorry. I have zilch for my personal work benefits. It is a tetchy subject at work, socially, totally off limits. Even the most laid back colleagues tense up if the Brexit topic comes up.

The only benefit I can think of against all the bad sides is that if some people stop travelling, there might be cheaper fares on Eurostar, or I might get a preferred seat.

I don't think it will affect my job either way. I work in an area that involves insolvency, so if things get really dire this may mean more customers. Obviously not good for them, but good for business (I don't mean to be flippant/offensive here, just stating a fact).

I can give some positive examples :

1. Seems to be benefiting builders already, and I'm sure it probably applies to other trades where UK tradespeople have been undercut by (stereotypically) Eastern Europeans

finance.yahoo.com/news/average-pay-soars-in-construction-jobs-as-uk-loses-eu-workers-brexit-095802086.html?guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90LmNvL05sbjJyVkNoSTY_YW1wPTE&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABRrXoilJRVvwQRD22nG2nBwXaZPrezhusgPJ61o3HDmneOW8dNkKmKKVAR4Lf1YEkq8XoLXEJqkN2PmtI9vASOtFirrvCn6YYILoA2OHDymwBIVYaH1bdMnH5x_4kl5ElDV1yRZ2y9m6IlCnyk15sONYQfdKnmfiaJxLmzwF_Of&guccounter=2

1. I want to apply for a training scheme which is highly competitive, but where people from the EU are equally eligible to apply, about 20 percent of places go to non-British eu residents (higher in some universities). I am hoping an outcome of Brexit might be that this training scheme becomes less competitive due to less people applying.

1. This is more speculative and requires change in government policy but the reason why the NHS is so dependent on eu workers is because fir tears, decades even, we have underinvested in training our own people. Medical school is highly competitive and there are far more people who want to be doctors than there are places. It is also the same for nurses (it is a myth that introducing burseries has led to nurse shortages, there are still lire people that want to train to be a nurse than there are training places). If an outcome of Brexit is that it forces us to give opportunities to young people to train as doctors and nurses then that is a very positive thing.

1. The same for the suppression of wages in sectors such as care work / support work. These are challenging roles that deserve to be paid more than minimum wage. The only reason why governments and private companies have got away with such low pay is because of high immigration. Supply and demand will push wages up if these roles can't be filled anymore on existing wages.

I'm sure a flurry of remainers will be along in a minute to pick holes in the above but Brexit hasn't happened yet so it will take time for some of these changes to take place. But it's already happened in the building industry as the article suggests so there's no reason why this won't start to trickle into other sectors.

I work in retail, can’t see any upsides.

DH on the other hand, works for a company working cross-border throughout Europe. He thinks overall they will be busier. Also, he gets paid in euros.

Really not getting 3 anybody can train to be a doctor or nurse at the moment if they have the grades and inclination.

Interesting moonage I totally agree regarding training our own people in not just medicine but other areas too. Perhaps it might mean a proper look at our education system and whether it's fit to provide our indigenous people with the skills we need. I do get annoyed hearing how we need to import x amount of doctors and nurses and engineers from abroad then at the same time there's no funding or quality training places for people who want to learn those skills here.

That said, it is foreign students that apparently subsidise degrees for everyone else, and the research is often EU funded. Someone I worked with last year received around £600,000 for a 7 year study related to mental illness.

I work in a only UK based financial services company so in theory will be fine job based. But we have many EU workers so that's a worry. But I more worry about food/medicine etc.

The upside to me is that for many years I have had to travel for work throughout Europe. After Brexit I will get to stay at home and sleep in my own bed!

The biggest problem at the moment for my industry is the uncertainty. We’ve had to model (many!!) different strategies based on what the outcomes might be, so the biggest impact for me is to stop the relentless re forecasting every 2 minutes