Company Promises Permanent Work-From-Home Option Then Threatens to Fire Anyone Who Won't Return to Office

The WFH debate has been a big one since workplaces started opening up their offices again. Although the lockdown was a difficult time for millions of people, it also required many workers to work from home for the first time, which provided them with the opportunity to use their time differently. A certain type of office-based worker quickly realized that there wasn't really a point to working in an office, and the extra time gained that would have been spent commuting became invaluable to many. 

Some companies, like the one in u/junostation's recent Reddit post, fully embraced working from home as the new normal. As long as employees are thriving and productivity is up, why not? Sadly, in u/junostation's case, their company did a complete 180 and issued a mandatory 'return to office' order after promising (in writing) that WFH would be a permanent option. Employees who had taken the promise seriously, and even moved to other cities as a result, were totally screwed. People in the comment section of u/junostation's post were vicariously pissed and some even wondered if OP's employer was just using the new rule as an excuse to carry out mass layoffs.