[blub]

Are work contracts somehow deficient in the US?

In the EU countries I know, each contract has an office location specified. Alternatively, it specifies that the job is remote.

Anything else is an informal benefit and can be taken away at any time. If you don’t like that folks, then stop whining and unionize please.

[pjc50]

A lot of this stuff was done outwith contract, in both places, during the pandemic.

> Anything else is an informal benefit and can be taken away at any time

Well, yes, and this is why people are getting mad. People should also be much more explicit about the cost of their commute; you can argue back and forth about the benefits of being in the office, but almost all commutes are deadweight loss and some are both miserable and expensive.