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**ladymuck** · 27 January 2021, 17:29

And?

**GhostofTarbera** · 27 January 2021, 17:30

Originally posted by geoffreywhereveryoumaybe View Post

Spotted on a contract advert in TotalJobs.

The future

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**darmstadt** · 27 January 2021, 17:48

Nothing new, been seeing ads like that since the referendum

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**d000hg** · 27 January 2021, 18:00

My passport says EU on it, I think.

**NotAllThere** · 27 January 2021, 18:37

Saw it on plenty of job ads pre 2021...

**ladymuck** · 27 January 2021, 19:37

I've seen lots of jobs all over that require the legal right to live and work in the country the job is to be delivered. Why is it suddenly newsworthy when it's something that's been required since someone first thought up the notion of work visas and the like.

**darmstadt** · 27 January 2021, 20:42

Pre 2021 you didn't need a work visa or an EU passport for British people to work in the EU. Some people have only just found that out and are surprised by it. They probably live in a cave

Originally posted by ladymuck View Post

I've seen lots of jobs all over that require the legal right to live and work in the country the job is to be delivered. Why is it suddenly newsworthy when it's something that's been required since someone first thought up the notion of work visas and the like.

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**Mordac** · 27 January 2021, 22:28

Originally posted by darmstadt View Post

Pre 2021 you didn't need a work visa or an EU passport for British people to work in the EU. Some people have only just found that out and are surprised by it. They probably live in a cave

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Or they didn't speak the relevant languages and weren't bothered as they wouldn't have been able to work in the EU anyway. They would have needed an EU passport, as they wouldn't have been able to travel to Europe without one. They also wouldn't have been able to register with the local authorities, or open a bank account, or rent a property.
Working in the EU has never been worth the hassle, except for those of you who don't know what a wife or girlfriend is, and would have to sort them out with a job in a country where they didn't speak the language. Which is probably quite a lot of you.

**darmstadt** · 28 January 2021, 06:40

Originally posted by Mordac View Post

Or they didn't speak the relevant languages and weren't bothered as they wouldn't have been able to work in the EU anyway. They would have needed an EU passport, as they wouldn't have been able to travel to Europe without one. They also wouldn't have been able to register with the local authorities, or open a bank account, or rent a property.
Working in the EU has never been worth the hassle, except for those of you who don't know what a wife or girlfriend is, and would have to sort them out with a job in a country where they didn't speak the language. Which is probably quite a lot of you.

A bit of a small island mindset there, I work all over the EU and have done for years and don't speak the local languages. Maybe some of us are hired for being experienced rather than just arses on seats...

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