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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't really understand all of the outcry here.  I would have interpreted this policy as saying something like "we don't really want people to work at home, but we're willing to let them do it if it will save us money."  Which sounds fair enough.  I'm not sure why anyone would want to move from SF to middle-of-nowhere, USA, personally, but maybe it works for some.[/quote]

That's fine if you make the announcement BEFORE approving WFH/remote plans. It sounds like FB decided to cut salaries AFTER telling people they could work remotely. That's just a sht thing to do (in addition to sounding like it would violate an employment agreement). And is the sort of thing that makes people go looking for new jobs.

Look: people working for companies that are facing hard times seem unhappy but willing to accept pay cuts, if it means keeping their jobs. People working for companies doing better than ever should expect they won't be treated like crap by that company, financially, I think.

I see no problem with this policy applying to new employees, that said, so long as they go in knowing what the policy is.[/quote]

What? You are confused. FB had NO company-wide WFH policy before this point. So nobody lost anything, because they didn't have remote work options before (except for a few superstars who can dictate terms). Now they have announced that people can WFH and they have to notify the company by Jan. 2021. But if those employees choose to work remotely, there may be a COL adjustment. I don't see how you get to the idea that this is taking away anything. This is entirely new.

Note that high-tech has has COL adjustments for years for employee-initiated moves. You move to the Austin office by your choice, you get a pay cut. But if the company sends you from SF to Austin (not your choice), you are not very likely to get a COL adjustment. It's traditionally been relatively unusual for high tech to have a lot of company-driven transfers, though. [/quote]

This.

They didn't approve any remote/WFH plans. Everyone in the entire Facebook hub was working from home out of necessity.

Now FB is saying 'you may continue working from home as long as you want - forever even - but if you move out of this area, you will face a paycut in your new locality consistent with federal tax laws'.

I don't see anything wrong with this. In fact, they are giving employees all their options and plenty of time to make a decision. [/quote]

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