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The number one result when you search for Twitter on HN:

Twitter Will Allow Employees to Work at Home Forever (buzzfeednews.com)

2953 points by minimaxir on May 12, 2020 | hide | past | favorite | 1353 comments

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23155647

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I’ve been told many times that Twitter is a private company and can do whatever it wants.

Or does that only apply to the Red team?

Does "whatever it wants" include making contractual promises and then breaking them? Because I wasn't aware private companies had the right to rescind contracts at will.

Well legally speaking in the US they do have that right.

Aha. What are contracts for, then, exactly?

No such thing as a contract in an at-will employment setting. The company can fire you at any time. They can amend your employment terms at any time. You can quit at any time.

Lots of spineless throwaway accounts in these threads

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