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JWestland
All my jobs in the last 6yrs have been in offices with between 50-80% non-UK citizens. Of those it's been a fairly even mix of EU to non-EU.
I've heard tonnes on horror stories from the non-EU citizens in that time. Prior to hearing those stories I had not considered what a PITA it was for non-EU citizens - I'd only worked with EU or US citizens before that (most of the US ones had been temp transferred internally within a US company). Based on my limited experience my EU friends and colleagues also didn't appreciate what a fucker any part of the immigration process could be. I would be very surprised if the citizenship was any difference.
I probably should have explained that part better. But the relevance to the story is that I expect lot of people think (assuming they even do) you just fill out a brief form with copies of your ID and it's job done.