I tried this on two villagers that I hadn't traded with yet, both of the kept their profession when I broke their workstations, even though it was during working hours and they were both standing next to the workstation at the time.
MC-190006
Villagers aren't losing their profession when workstation is broken
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If you have traded with them at least once, they will never change their profession again, this is not a bug