It's so weird to me that you can dismiss people 'at will' but not offer them reduced responsibilities and pay to stay on. I get that we don't want people doing

It's so weird to me that you can dismiss people 'at will' but not offer them reduced responsibilities and pay to stay on. I get that we don't want people doing the professional equivalent of being an awful partner until your S.O. initiates the breakup, but surely it would be useful to let firms get creative when drastic measures are genuinely needed.