Odd question, we have not exited yet so how can anyone say it is worse or better than they imagined.
Those who based their voting preferences on the propaganda peddled in the weeks running up to the referendum may feel empowered or disillusioned, however everyone I have ever spoken to about this say they ignored the propaganda (truths and lies), their minds were made up long before the (remain/leave) ridiculousness ever began. My decision was made on the signing if the Maastrich Treaty and has not wavered.
No one can accurately predict our future be this in or out of the EU. Everything is based upon assumptions and suppositions. Many of those squeeling loudest are those making greatest dividends from cheap manufacturing in Eastern Europe to the detriment of our own workers in UK.
Remaining in EU is not protecting UK jobs, this is a smoke and mirror piece of propaganda our skilled workers are committed to low paid service sector work whilst jobs they should be doing are outsourced.
Why are we up in arms about in work poverty? Why are some living from foodbanks? The ability to move work where it can be done cheapest is one of the biggest (negative) benefits that the EU has brought to UK and many other EU countries . Profits and Dividends has wiped out community cohesion that many manufacturing organisations brought in terms of social inclusivity, the extended employment opportunities that came through the local supply chains to these manufacturers. The social clubs, football clubs, bands, choirs etc. that emanated from the workplace are now gone because much, if not all of this work can be created cheaper in Eastern Europe exploiting the cheap workforce in these countries whilst destroying the workforce and their communities in the UK. These communities being 'prettified' with (so called EU) funding to paper over the destruction whilst not healing the desolation persisting within these communities. Call centres come and go,