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Companies that overhired the last few years might just wanna increase the attrition rates without explicitly saying so.
That could be a driver, yes. The problem is that the first people to go are usually the ones companies want to keep, either because they are star performers or because the job market requires their specific skills more (so they find something else easily and their roles are also harder to fill again).
But yes, I can see how a company might be more or less lenient applying their return to office policies, so that attrition is concentrated more in some teams. And firing people does have side-effects too on PR and morale of the remaining employees.
I do generally see more people leaving my company than new hires, though, so you might be on to something with the attrition rates...
I would say the first people to go while switching to WFO will always be the first people to go when there is any chance of job hopping. The company is just accelerating that while forcing WFO.