You could have stopped with "Recruiters are lying"... however if the hiring manager said it was for a remote position that is still a verbal contract with a Dee

You could have stopped with "Recruiters are lying"... however if the hiring manager said it was for a remote position that is still a verbal contract with a Deep Pockets entity. You're still not hired (and it's At Will), but if they require to show up on-site after hiring without telling you they could open themselves up to legal liability. If you (or your friends) are "quitting" anyway, it may be worth letting HR know the liability position they are putting the company in. Especially, if multiple people all file against the same company with the same complaint, they become more likely to settle out of court (for PR reasons) than fight. Unlikely that you'll keep the jobs, though.