I know someone fairly well known in Web circles who got hired by Google. They were remote but there was clearly not a meeting of the minds. They apparently heard maybe move to SF someday but could stay remote as long as they wanted to. And Google apparently heard remote for (only) the immediate future. At some point I gather it became a matter of "This actually isn't optional" and they ended up leaving.
This doesn’t surprise me. They got bait and switched by their recruiter like I did. I learned later on that recruiters (mostly contracted out) are heavily incentivized to get as many people hired as possible, so them saying things that bend the truth makes sense
