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points by EPWN3D 3 days ago | 0 comments

RTO mandates should just be treated as a constructive dismissal and make you eligible for unemployment benefits -- not to mention raising the employer's unemployment insurance rate.

[–] gamblor956 3 days ago

It already is treated as a constructive dismissal for employees for which remote work was a defined benefit or condition of the job (this is assumed if the employee works outside of the metropolitan area of the company). This has been discussed to death outside of the tech community for almost 6 years.

[–] bradknowles 3 days ago

Yeah. When I was hired by AWS, I was told that I would always be remote. And then RTO happened.

Fortunately, I was able to exit to a new job elsewhere before I got hit by the requirement to be co-located with my management, which would have forced me to pay for my own move from Austin, TX to the Washington, DC area. Not to mention the expense of having to also move my wife there, our whole household, etc….

[–] the_real_cher 3 days ago

AMEN!