We might have a slight misunderstanding. I'm not saying you do not have a right to complain about them doing that. You absolutely do. I'm just saying that you

We might have a slight misunderstanding. I'm not saying you do not have a right to complain about them doing that. You absolutely do. I'm just saying that you shouldn't have too many expectations of companies. If they really meant it, they'd put it in writing. Employment contracts in many many places are written to favour the employer in all aspects. Another example we could use are the notice periods. You will be hard pressed to find a North American company where the notice period in the contract is longer than 2 weeks, if even mentioned explicitly at all. Never mind states that have no minimums by law. Yet there seems to be a weird "social contract" that expects employees to give a longer notice period in many cases. If you want me to give you ample notice, give me a contract that requires the same of you.