A lot of hyperbole and emotion in there, which I personally don't enjoy reading, it takes away from the writer's arguments unfortunately.
Also, seems like critics and talking mouths like this one are almost always more upset than the workers themselves.
If you want the power to work at home, start your own business or work exclusively on contract with specific remote provisions. Its unfortunate when something gets taken away from you, but who can you really blame unless its written and legally binding?
It's fairly outrageous because in most of the civilized world, a forced change in working conditions like this is equivalent to being fired and thus requires a certain amount of compensation.
From everything that's being shown here, the people being fired will likely be getting nothing. Considering that these people most likely have denied themselves much more lucrative positions for a chance at being in a cool company where there's growth opportunity, it is practically a betrayal of the principles being choosing this sort of place to work.
If this were to happen to me you'd be damn sure I'd be lawyering up.
Also, seems like critics and talking mouths like this one are almost always more upset than the workers themselves.
If you want the power to work at home, start your own business or work exclusively on contract with specific remote provisions. Its unfortunate when something gets taken away from you, but who can you really blame unless its written and legally binding?