IANAL or OP; I work in CA (which AFAIK is at-will) and I made sure the actual employment contract specified remote, and didn't consider myself as having a new j

IANAL or OP; I work in CA (which AFAIK is at-will) and I made sure the actual employment contract specified remote, and didn't consider myself as having a new job until I had that paperwork (aka - didn't quit existing job, literally or emotionally, or stop other job search prospects, etc)