Remote employee hired to work from home faces impossible ultimatum when company demands they move 220 miles away in 14 days, or lose their job: ‘This feels like a blatant backdoor layoff’

Is it really a return-to-office policy if returning means packing up your entire life in 14 days?Remote work has been a life-changing deal for many workers who had to commute hours to get to an office and then back home. I remember vividly when my job at the moment decided that all employees should be working from home, and that stayed until these days. But, as we know, working in an office has some advantages, and that's why many companies are asking their employees to return, some full-time, and others on a hybrid schedule.I have both experiences: I've worked full-time in an office, and also remotely. And what I can say is that every method has its perks and its downsides. There's no perfect method and every company should chose the one that alins more with their goals and employees. But no one can expect their employees to go back to an office across the country on 14 days' notice.Yes, that happened to an employee who was hired in a permanently remote position and had stayed that way for almost three years. All of a sudden, he got an email from HR demanding that everyone be back at the office in 14 days, full-time. No questions asked. He panicked, of course. We all would. The w…

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