>I challenge you to find any citation in any contract written by any BigTech company where legal would ever let them put in a contract that they guarantee that you will never have to work in an office.

Why do you assume I have access to every employee's contract? Have you never negotiated terms?

I don't have someone's direct contract but I worked directly with two people who had very particular stipulations for when and where they can work. One at a medium sized studio who basicallyhelped establish core tech they use to this da. One from a director at big recognizable company. They were both talent who clearly could shop and bid for jobs anytime and anywhere they wanted to.

It's not common, but we're not talking common talent. Anyone can negotiate, what you get in the contract depends on a variety of factors.

> Do you think that lawyer is going to work pro bono?

I don't know. I'll ask them about it the next time we ever meet.

I'm not really a fan of pre-maturely giving up. If I really feel wronged, a consultation isn't that expensive in the grand scheme of things.

> What are the chances that these multi trillion dollar companies are making these kind of policies without passing them by their team of lawyers?

Higher than you think. Hanlon's razor applies here.

Again, I'm not sure why you're so against the idea of deferring to an actual expert. At worst you waste a fee hundred dollars and hours of your time. At best, the company was dumb and they settle under the hood so you can at least get a bit more piece of mind.

Because some things are common sense. Instead of wasting time and money chasing windmills and hoping your family lawyer can beat a multi trillion dollar company, you are much better off spending your time and energy looking for another job if you want to work remotely. When I go into “job search” mode which I have done 10 times in 30 years. My focus isn’t on my current or former employee.

Do you think a lawyer would be necessary if your contract outright stated that you never had to go into an office?

Besides that, every single contract I’ve signed said that nothing said outside of the contract is legally binding.

And legal is very (small c) conservative, they aren’t going to go through the trouble of making a special contract for random employee #1256374 everything is very standardized at these companies except for very high level executives. They are “common talent”. You really have a high opinion of BigTech employees if you think they are “special talent”.