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Originally Posted by Flamenspiel
Good points AFC, but I am not sure you are aware that a lot of the IT jobs in the UK and other Western European countries were moved to Hungary, Poland and Romania who make less then half a UK workers wage. Because of strict EU data regulations, these jobs are very difficult to move to India under any circumstances, so it is fundamentally an EU issue.
They are for the most part high end positions(lead software developers, network engineers, etc..) being held by multiple degree holders, not just Help Desks. That is just one example but the same thing is happening with all kinds of labor such as construction, arts(film production), and anything else that can be moved or can be performed by a low wage eastern European worker(they do not match the wage) in the UK.
Exiting the EU may not help, but there is certainly a perception among UK workers that leaving would be moving in the right direction.
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Exiting the EU won't help because the work is a consequence of being in the EU.
Most of my friends in IT service the financial sector that will be devastated by leaving, it makes no difference if you have laws on the books protecting jobs if the companies that create the jobs have closed or moved.