What business benefits have you seen from Brexit?
Discussion
StevieBee said:
akirk said:
An increase in people outside the EU contacting us for work…
Is that a benefit to you or just a consequence?Brexit has changed perception of the UK as a source of work - i.e. it is perceived as an entity of its own, not just a part of the EU - esp. in the USA which has had 'interesting' relationships with the EU over e.g. data and how it is processed or stored...
So, yes, it is a consequence
and of course it is a benefit - increased work means increased potential for income etc.
nickfrog said:
akirk said:
An increase in people outside the EU contacting us for work…
Has that offset for the drop in EU business though? (if any).I am sure there may be a variety of reasons as to why work patterns change, but we certainly haven't seen a drop-off.
I think that some companies had become very lazy - seeing the EU as their only market, whereas there is a whole world out there!
akirk said:
StevieBee said:
akirk said:
An increase in people outside the EU contacting us for work…
Is that a benefit to you or just a consequence?We lost access to a pool of people from which we could freely recruit to projects undertaken in the UK. This was replaced by an abundance of applications from those beyond the EU but the projects we were running were paying only a few quid above min' wage and short term meaning it was impractical to hire in these people. The type of work and jobs previously done by EU nationals attracted the UK workers we had previously recruited to these projects. So not only did we loose our EU originated pool of workers but the UK pool as well - or at least a severely reduced pool. So for us, it's pure consequence with no benefit.
StevieBee said:
akirk said:
StevieBee said:
akirk said:
An increase in people outside the EU contacting us for work…
Is that a benefit to you or just a consequence?We lost access to a pool of people from which we could freely recruit to projects undertaken in the UK. This was replaced by an abundance of applications from those beyond the EU but the projects we were running were paying only a few quid above min' wage and short term meaning it was impractical to hire in these people. The type of work and jobs previously done by EU nationals attracted the UK workers we had previously recruited to these projects. So not only did we loose our EU originated pool of workers but the UK pool as well - or at least a severely reduced pool. So for us, it's pure consequence with no benefit.
I think that any major political event disrupts current patterns - some people gain, some lose, others have to change to continue or gain - I am fairly philosophical about it, and we have c. 120 clients the vast majority of whom have not been affected by Brexit, so from that (one dimensional) perspective then Brexit hasn't been bad...
I don't know, but suspect there are some very distinct business types or patterns or market verticals which have suffered, and equally others who have gained, I don't think that there is any generalisation that makes sense on its own...
Doofus said:
What about any non-business related benefits?
I suspect most answers to that will also be 'No'.
I move on to a new job with better paid, better prospect better benefit. (Because my old job's company struggling with logistic to Europe with our temperature sensitive products)I suspect most answers to that will also be 'No'.
kurokawa said:
I move on to a new job with better paid, better prospect better benefit.
I think this is an emerging theme for many. It is for me.At a personal, day-to-day level, I'm better off, probably at a level I've not previously enjoyed in my entire career.
But the cost of this is that my net contribution to the British economy is significantly less than it was previously. Plus the company that I lost as a result of Brexit was intended as a major part of my pension plan so I will likely be placing additional pressure on the state later in life to level higher than it might have otherwise been.
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