Has anyone accepted an offer at a firm that was far from you (more than an hour commute each way) because it was mostly remote (like in office 1x a week) only to have the firm later require more in office days? How did you handle that?

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This probably isn’t helpful to you now, but I’ve been advised to request that the remote 4x week be in writing in an offer letter. Obviously not a contract but it will make them think twice about canning you when they move the goalposts

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I'm an employment law attorney but this whole remote working is uncharted territory. If an offer letter states remote 4x a week, then it's clear the employee relied on that to accept. But I'm in an at will state and pretty much all offer letters say they're not a contract. It's really murky waters with this since remote working is so new.

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At-will employment, if you decide to not abide by the 3/4 times in office they could let you go for being an insubordinate employee.

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I wouldn’t do it for this very reason

I know ): sucks when the right firm is in the wrong location

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