> Why would you do that?

I think they were offering that as a solution to the difficulty of finding new equivalent jobs quickly.

While it's true people can "just quit"... there's usually more factors that make that very difficult, like having enough money saved up to last until you get a new job, and actually finding a replacement job that pays enough to let them keep a similar quality of life as they have now.

I think a hostile work environment might be a fun outcome of ‘return to office’ mandates.