The problems with voluntary layoffs like that is the most competent people are always the first ones to quit.
Rather, the ones who have the easiest time finding a new job will often be the first ones to quit. These are not necessarily the most competent ones because, for example, people who are better at self-promotion often do have it easier to find a new job, without necessarily being more competent.
Doesn't that mean the layoff is as humane as possible? It means you inflict the least amount of suffering you could.
However, that’s probably not the case for companies that were laying off people earlier this year despite making record profits (I think most people understood that many of the more profitable companies had overhired over the pandemic) and unlikely to be a driver in RTO driven “layoffs” since they’re not layoffs in the first place and say nothing about employees job security.
RTO driven “layoffs” would be the people who don’t live near the office.