Hired as a remote worker. Remote policy changed. I was gone.

I was hired explicitly as a full-time remote employee. It was in my contract. It was one of the reasons I took the role. Eighteen months later, a new policy required in-office presence a certain number of days per week. The office wasn't in my country. I was given a choice between relocating or departing. The departure package was framed as "voluntary redundancy." I didn't volunteer. The choice was engineered to produce a departure without the company having to classify it as a layoff. Which is relevant, because the number of official layoffs affects how you're reported on in the press. I took the package. I needed the money. The role was removed from their careers page within the week and reposted as "office-based."