[crazygringo]

> Employees generally don't have contracts.

Every tech company I've ever worked for in the US except very small one, I had an explicit contract with. Had to negotiate the language in one, actually.

But in the US, it's not generally around the nature of the job or the ability to fire you (since employment is at-will), but involves things like who owns the intellectual property you produce (your employer), vacation policy (e.g. whether you'll be paid for unused days when you leave the company), reimbursement for relocation, possibly arbitration, and so forth.

Quick edit: And it's also not generally for a specific position, for specific work, in a specific location, or anything like that -- since all of that is expected to potentially change over your course of employment with them. So it's unlikely that there would be a remote work provision either way. Remote work is just something that usually falls under regular company policy, not contractual guarantee.

[Aurornis]

Sure, but those documents you signed aren't going to guarantee that you can work remote forever (like parent comment suggested).

Having a true employment contract that guaranteed a duration of work with full remote work could only happen if such a contract stipulated consequences for breaking that deal.

The contract would have to say something like "If employer changes the nature of this agreement, employer agrees to pay 100% of owed salary for 12 months". Those employment contracts do exist but they're generally only for key employees, not your average remote worker.