Work Advice: My employer is reneging on its remote-work promise

Reader: I got a new job last fall at a tech company that aggressively marketed itself as a “remote-first, globally distributed company.” I have been in the workforce for a decade, and I am good at what I do.

Things had been going great until leadership announced last week that all employees — even those hired to be remote — will now be required to go in to the office three days a week. Currently, this applies only to employees at their West Coast headquarters, but they are planning to open an office in my East Coast city in the next month or two, which would give me a 45-minute commute. Employees in smaller cities will be able to continue working remotely. They have provided us with no additional information. It seems to have been a very haphazard decision.