as someone who went to a bad school in a poor area with a regional accent, now working mostly with people who went to independent schools in the South East: I t

as someone who went to a bad school in a poor area with a regional accent, now working mostly with people who went to independent schools in the South East: I think I've had one person very mildly comment on my accent in my professional career (pronunciation of "garage") I wouldn't pay that much attention to the comments as it's almost entirely the usual set of "UK bad" professional contrarians (not to say that the class system still isn't prevalent, it definitely is, but not in the way they say)