<prompt> Human: Hi Reddit!Ive been browsing Reddit on a daily basis for about a year, but I have never posted. This is a new account but not a throw away.I work for a large pharmaceutical company. My wife works for a small pharmaceutical company. My company lets me work from home full time and they do not care where I live; literally anywhere in the world. My wife works full time in the office at her company, but they have a few people who are home based in other cities.About a year ago, I talked my wife into moving our family from California to a state on the east coast. She started by asking her boss 12 months ago, If my husband and I buy a house 3000 miles away would it be OK if I go home based? Her boss didnt say Yes or No, but he said, Ill take it up to HR and the Executives in our department. It shouldnt be a problem. In fact, Id like to be home based too. So, if it works out for you I might ask to go home based too.Over the last 8 months, they have told her multiple times, Yes you have approval. You can move 3000 miles away and work from home. The executives in her department gave her approval. At the company Christmas party, her boss came up to me and said, You have nothing to worry about. She has been cleared to work from home. Go ahead and buy a house 3000 miles away.So, during the first week of January, my wife and I flew from California to this east coast state and went house shopping. Both of our companies knew where we were going. Both of our companies granted us a week of vacation time to pick out a house.In February, we put down a LARGE NON-refundable deposit on our new house in the new state. We also put our California house on the market. Our California house closed escrow, TODAY. It is officially sold.Last week, our finance company in the new state asked my wife and I to provide letters from the HR departments at each of our companies stating, AlabamacoastieAlabamacoastiesWife works at this company. Heshe is home based, and we are happy for him to move to new state on the east coast. My company happily provided this letter within 24 hours. My wifes company declined to send her a letter. Instead, she got a call from her boss.After a week, her boss finally told her the truth. Today the same day that escrow closed on our California house, her boss told her, OK here is the deal. HR has changed their mind and you no longer have permission to be a full time employee if you move 3000 miles away. Instead, they have agreed that you CAN move to the new state and you CAN work from home for 6 months... But, at the end of this 6 month period, YOU MUST RESIGN.So, today, our California home is sold. We have already agreed to drop 100,000.00 our entire savings including proceeds from the sale of our California home on the down payment on our new home 3000 miles away. And, my wife has been told, If you move, you can work from home for 6 months, but then you must resign and walk away.My wife has been with this company for two years. She is a fantastic employee who has received promotions and raises during that time. She has traveled a ton for work and spent weeks at a time away from our young children and me. And, now we are stuck in purgatory, between homes.Is this legal? She is an at will employee. This is California. It is true that they could fire her at any moment, as could any at-will employer... BUT, can they tell her to move 3000 miles away and that she then MUST resign? I know for a fact that at least one of her co-workers is a full time employee who works from home 100 of the time.She hasnt signed anything yet. We havent even seen this in writing. This is just what her boss told her over the phone today. What should we do? Thanks Reddit friends!  <response>: If you didnt get anything in writing, its not an agreement, really. They changed their mind, and could because nothing was in writing. 