'you can go remote but you'll get a paycut if you do'
No, it was 'you get a paycut if you move out of where you were working, into a lower-wage region.' Most (but not all) remote jobs in remote-only, or remote-first firms will cut your pay if you do that.
When the pandemic started, and the office closed, a few people certainly did just that (with, or without notifying their employer), but the firm never made any promises that this sort of thing will work out.
> then it was 'back to the office by spring 2022'
In some orgs/teams, yes. In others, no. In Meta/Google, this is not a corporate-wide mandate, this is up to your director to make a decision on. Mine has no problem with remote, and we've hired two 100% remote people in the past 6 months.
No, it was 'you get a paycut if you move out of where you were working, into a lower-wage region.' Most (but not all) remote jobs in remote-only, or remote-first firms will cut your pay if you do that.
When the pandemic started, and the office closed, a few people certainly did just that (with, or without notifying their employer), but the firm never made any promises that this sort of thing will work out.
> then it was 'back to the office by spring 2022'
In some orgs/teams, yes. In others, no. In Meta/Google, this is not a corporate-wide mandate, this is up to your director to make a decision on. Mine has no problem with remote, and we've hired two 100% remote people in the past 6 months.