Job seeker accepts 'fully remote' job, gets told they have to be in the office 3 days a week during their induction: 'This team has been hybrid for a while now'

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• An employee was eager to leave their old job and start a new position at a company that had been advertised as fully remote. The recruiter had confirmed that this was how they should work, and the manager even mentioned it in the interview.

  However, when they started the induction process, it was revealed to them that they would only be allowed to work from home on Mondays and Fridays. The boss then claimed that the team they were working for had been hybrid for some time, and the job listing needed to be updated. They were frustrated to have been lied to.

• Accepted a "fully remote" offer, day one they showed me my desk

  applied to a role back in march that was listed as "fully remote" on linkedin. the recruiter confirmed it on the phone screen. the hiring manager mentioned it during my interview. the offer letter said "remote." everything pointed to remote

  signed the offer. gave notice at my old job. started two weeks ago

  day one. onboarding call. the HR person casually drops "so as you know, our team does tuesday through thursday in the office and remote on monday and friday"

  I said excuse me? she looked confused. pulled up my offer letter, pointed at "remote." she said "oh that's for payroll purposes, your primary work location is still the Chicago office"

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• I pushed back. escalated to my manager. he said "yeah we should probably update those listings, this team has been hybrid for a while now." like it was a minor admin issue and not the entire reason I took the job

  the worst part? I left a fully remote position for this. can't just go back. spent 3 weeks trying to negotiate full remote internally. they wouldn't budge. "team culture" and "collaboration" and all the usual buzzwords that mean "we need to justify this office lease"

  I'm back on the market now. two weeks into a new job and already applying for the next one. updating my resume at the office they told me I wouldn't need to come to

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• The employee was already looking for a new job, as they couldn't help but feel that they had been scammed throughout the application process. Undoubtedly, saying that a new hire can work in one place and then insisting on another is a pretty big and unforgivable lie to tell. It doesn't bode well for the rest of the employee experience. Expectations in work often do not fit with reality, but not to this level.

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