It's a bait-and-switch. People left their jobs for new opportunities that were taken from them.

Would you prefer Coinbase wait until their start date to fire them, instead of rescinding the offer?

Yes but it is the same result, you have to find a new job. And actually fired is probably even worse as you no longer have a job starting today

> It is no different than been fired I don't understand the noise it is making

Exactly. Not sure what the fuss is all about other than these companies not caring about you.

I've seen worse and Fast straight up shut down [0] after assuming that the VCs will just bankroll them despite Fast making little to no money for years with an extremely inflated valuation in the multi-billions.

I think lots of people have also forgotten the change of policy that Tesla, Meta, Apple, and Google said about the 'Working from Home' option in the job description. Before it was 'we're 100% remote', then it was 'you can go remote but you'll get a paycut if you do', then it was 'back to the office by spring 2022' and now some employees who are back at the office are also having their benefits cut.

With any company, 'nothing' is guaranteed. Once again these companies DO NOT care about YOU.

[0] https://www.axios.com/2022/04/06/fast-checkout-startup-colla...

'you can go remote but you'll get a paycut if you do'

No, it was 'you get a paycut if you move out of where you were working, into a lower-wage region.' Most (but not all) remote jobs in remote-only, or remote-first firms will cut your pay if you do that.

When the pandemic started, and the office closed, a few people certainly did just that (with, or without notifying their employer), but the firm never made any promises that this sort of thing will work out.

> then it was 'back to the office by spring 2022'

In some orgs/teams, yes. In others, no. In Meta/Google, this is not a corporate-wide mandate, this is up to your director to make a decision on. Mine has no problem with remote, and we've hired two 100% remote people in the past 6 months.

I don’t think Meta or Google are doing that for the most part. Yes there is a small pay cut if you move away but if they said you could be fully remote then they have honored that. And I don’t think Tesla or Apple ever advertised that roles could be fully remote forever. That being said, you are absolutely right. Companies only care about employees to the extent they have to for retention. You always need a plan B, nothing is ever guaranteed.

Because is a crypto company, something HN likes to critique.