To ask, what is your job, what is your Brexit plan?

[FreakOfNature]

In the interests of trying to figure out what may or may not happen come next April I thought it would be a good idea to see what all the different sectors currently have planned for Brexit.

To start, I'm a sahm, dh professional role in the forces (think vet, dentist, dr etc). So far he's heard nothing official from the powers that be about how, in a work capacity, he should prepare for Brexit. Typical 'keep calm and carry on' approach

I spend part of my time in academia and part as a private practice lawyer. Realistically the academic part of my career is likely to become less viable. The legal side will depend on the economy as a whole- an economic downturn will certainly hit us in terms of job losses.

I teach at a university in another EU country. Brexit will certainly make my day-to-day life more difficult as I can currently attend work events anywhere in the EU without a problem - this is especially important to colleagues of mine who live close to a border and cross multiple times a day. My long-term plan to move back to the UK with DH is looking increasingly unlikely though. At work we are also putting projects on hold that involve British partners as we don't know whether they will be able to participate or not.

I work very part time in a sector that will be hit hard by a downturn in the economy. Assuming I won't I have a job to come back to but it will be nice if I do...

DH is a vet employed by one of the big corporates. He won't be short of a job (experience vets are thin on the ground) but there are likely to be drug supply issues and an even bigger shortage of vets as none will count as "skilled" labour. There will be an even worse shortage of vets qualified to sign export paperwork for pets, horses and livestock because Brexit only adds to a recent policy change massively increasing the cost of the qualification required to export animals to barely economic levels.

I work in a particular area of law. Brexit is going to affect us in that the way we do certain things, and some of the laws which apply to what I do will change, but we'll still be here working, just using a slightly different set of rules for some things.

I work for a major UK based retailer and DH is almost retired.

As we are a value brand I think there will be plenty of issues around Brexit but I'm confident that the company leaders are prepared. There may be changes in my job - regulation based - but I think it will still exist.

Financially we are trying to de-risk. We are paying down the mortgage and have strategically bought shares in companies we think will benefit from a hard Brexit.

I'm genuinely thinking about stockpiling some food. Particularly food from abroad that has a long storage life. DH thinks I'm mad but part of my job involves UK customs and worst case scenario looks unlikely but feasible.

Fortunately DS is still pretty young so he should miss the negative impact this will have on jobs and travel freedom.

I hope I'm being completely over cautious.

Another NHS worker.Brexit will have little effect,I live out of London an EU staff here are not leaving.We have more non EU staff than EU and problems working here are minimal.The cap for NHS workers has been lifted.
We still don't have enough staff though and aside from increasing staff ratios to maintain staff so they do not burn out and raising pay to attract staff and give current staff a break from doing so much overtime.Any other money to the health service need to be targeted and audited as there is still a lot of waste.

I run my own business and the impending Brexit has risen the price of the goods I sell by a lot. Some proces went up 20% the day after Brexit. I am tired of fighting for customers and whilst we're turning a profit, I'm going to sell up and take my 9yo daughter off to travel the world for 6 months. It's a bit radical but my fanciful side would like my DD to grow up knowing there's some lovely people and places outside of the UK. So as the shutters go down, I will be stock taking and finishing off the paperwork, booking our flights to Istanbul and packing a rucksack.

@ginswinger I would totally be doing that too if there was anyway I could. Good luck to you and your DD.

Living in Europe since 1988, own house here, no plans to return to UK, planning to apply for dual nationality in country where I live. Disappointed that I was unable to vote. Will probably visit the UK even less if Brexit actually happens.
I work in IT so not concerned on the employment front, thak goodness.

I work in HE, I might go for permanent residency at some point. No other plans at this point, just wait and see. I'm not concerned about the right to stay here after March. If they kick us out, we'll be fine somewhere else as well.

Work in IT Development for a multi national so not touched and they are not reducing office numbers in the UK, a couple of friends who are network engineers/database architects and programmers all work in the Finance industry in London and none of them are worried about thier jobs either and one of them have recently done a mass recruitment drive.

Social worker. Currently gathering paperwork etc to apply for Ireland to recognise my qualification. I have a feeling it will be 410 euro very well spent. I don't want to live, work, pay taxes or raise my children in the sort of country the UK is becoming. If we do go ahead with relocation I plan to apply for Irish citizenship as soon as my 5 years are up.

Freak Your dh won't need to do anything, as he will be covered by the Status of Forces Agreement of whatever country he is posted to. The Brit Mil docs and dentists here in Belgium for example won't have a problem after Brexit, any more than the US and Canadian ones do now.

If he is UK based, what else is there to do but keep calm and carry on? HM Forces don't have to make preparations for Brexit, as it shouldn't result in conflict with anyone. Can't see what his chain of command should be telling him to do - NATO remains NATO, and that after all, is the pre-eminent military alliance for us.

I left the UK a few months after the referendum vote to ensure I would have a few years of living in my new country to be able to stay.

I’m about to apply for a nursing degree. I think we’ll be very short of nurses if / when we leave.

I'm a teacher so I'm not overly worried about my job, not any more than I was thanks to the massive cuts being made to education already. My husband works in IT for a multi national company (not EU based) so hopefully he will be okay!

This does not mean I'm not worried though.....I still can't quite believe people wanted this!!

My OH works for a freight forwarding company. It's going to be a nightmare as the majority of the goods are going to and from the EU. I've recently started work, very part time, in a school so shouldn't be affected. (other than the usual budget cuts) One of the main reasons for me going back to work before my youngest starts reception (as childcare is a nightmare of a juggle) is resilience. The £300 quid a month I get will feed the kids at least, ITSHTF, and having a current and up to date reference will make me more employable if I need to look for more hours elsewhere, than being a SAHM. Also got the camping kit ready in case of power cuts. And camping is a cheap UK holiday!

I work 'back office' for a global company and they have promised to support our UK office no matter what. It is seen as highly prestigious throughout the world to have a UK base and they're keen to hold onto that (what we do is high-tech).

Interestingly, colleagues in other EU countries have expressed a wish to leave the EU too and are quietly envious of our impending departure.

So I think there will undoubtedly be disruption but I don't necessarily think it's time to leave the country, unless you were going to do that anyway. I can completely see why those working in the public sector are worried though.

I work in the NHS. I won’t be directly affected but it will have a slow ripple effect I think. I plan to stay in healthcare but moving into the CCG/GP consortium arena as a project manager

I’ve recently applied to start training as a teaching assistant. Dh works for an investment bank, already he’s working 2 days a week in Frankfurt rather than 5 in London. Everyone in a similar department in his office has been offered either work in US or redundancy. I don’t know what we’re going to do if he’s made redundant.

MrsWombat I think freight forwarders will be massively in demand as the only people who can figure out how to get anything in or out of the country.

I work in government. We're all going to be employed for ever trying to sort out all the paperwork for it all to even begin to work.

I work in tech for a european company, but based in the UK.

So far I have not heard anyone "officially" worrying about it at all, but I have some personal concerns the UK operation could be affected, as an inconvenient non-EU "outpost".

Dentist. Hasn’t been mentioned at work except by me. I asked if we ought to stockpile gloves/ local anaesthetic and was laughed at.
I foresee less spending on cosmetic and expensive procedures with the downturn in the economy, but people will still have teeth. Just hope we have gloves and LA to treat them...

I work in local government and we've already had to make big cuts due to the lack of funding from central government. I think Brexit can only make this worse.

I don't really have a plan. I'd have left the UK with DD already if it weren't for my elderly parents not wanting us to leave. I was thinking of training to be a conveyancer, but I don't think that's a skill that I could transfer abroad. I'm not seeing any opportunities from Brexit for me, just problems.

I'm a scientist working in Germany, tech firm
I took a new job here right after the ref - I lived through the 1980s de-industrialisation and I'm too old to go through that shit again.

Prepping has been done quietly by German manufacturers and seems to consist of changing from Uk suppliers

Brexit doesn't get on the news or in the papers here - although May's little dance was shown, to some bafflement.
Germans think we've gone mad, but hope it's just temporary.