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Re:People love working remotely by esotericn on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @06:17PM (#20752764)
I've never understood these sorts of posts - surely at that point you just leave? You've effectively been fired anyway?

I mean, I've taken remote jobs for which I could well be living 200+ miles away. Saying 'come in to the office' - lol, sure, perhaps once a week or something for a catch up.

What gives?

If my boss suddenly decided to no longer employ me as a software developer and instead "pivoted" to making hand grenades or something equally random, well, yeah, bye then?

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Re:People love working remotely by teachrdan on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @07:52PM (#20753420)
In the US, that could be construed as "Constructive Dismissal," where your job changes so much you have to resign. In California, at least, you'd have a strong claim for unemployment while you looked for your next (remote!) job.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructive_dismissal

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Re:People love working remotely by JSavageReal on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @09:41PM (#20763863)
Well yea, that's why I eventually quit both jobs.
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