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Some employees hired during covid were explicitly classified as virtual. Some were given a location and said you don't have to come to office but if you did have an office it would be in <city>.

It's made very clear when hired so anyone saying otherwise missed a subtle detail.

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> It's made very clear when hired so anyone saying otherwise missed a subtle detail.

That's an oxymoron, either it was made very clear or it was subtle and therefore not very clear at all.

Not really. People also willingly overlook things hoping for a different reality. It’s a pretty human thing to do.

Yes, but that's not the point I was arguing with. Either it was made very clear (and people choose to overlook it despite it being hard to miss) or it was a subtle detail (that people easily missed, quite possibly unintentionally). Both can't be true at the same time.

> Yes, but that's not the point I was arguing with

I believe the commenter you’re replying to is willingly overlooking things hoping for a different reality. It’s a pretty human thing to do ;)

Employees were hired with a specific location or they weren't. There isn't an in-between. However, employees during covid were also hired and told to remain out of office until guidance changes.

Some chose to interpret that as WFH forever, some chose to buy homes hours away from their assigned office location. Now some are acting confused and feel slighted when in reality, they ignored or conflated the hiring and the WFH-covid guidance into a single thing.

Thank you for this much needed clarification.

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