Yeah I don't get people who quit when RTO or unreasonable changes are made. Quitting makes it easy for them and means they stop paying you now.

Letting them fire you means at worst you end up with the same outcome, at best you call their bluff and get paid a few months more (or forever).

Yeah but RTO takes real time and money. Sure you can earn a paycheck, but if you're commuting 2 hours a day total, you're still losing those 2 hours until they fire you. And that kind of stinks. And that's assuming you don't need to move. Moving for a job you hate is the worst.

I think the suggestion is just ignoring the RTO mandate and continuing to work remote, until they fire you for insubordination.

Reduce workload, get in a bit later and go home a bit earlier.

Avoid attending meetings involving people dialling in from a different office (that’s not in person collaboration, so it’s worthless work. Sorry, I don’t make the rules) and be present at the meeting (keeping the chair warm it’s all it counts after all) while browsing HN in the ones you really cannot get out of it.