It's not about the correlation, it's that higher performing employees have an easier time finding alternatives. And even if they mostly prefer the office, they

It's not about the correlation, it's that higher performing employees have an easier time finding alternatives. And even if they mostly prefer the office, they might not like the heavy-handedness with which management is pushing through RTO right now - who knows what else they might force next that directly affects them? As such, everybody is kept on somewhat shaky grounds with these ever-changing decrees, and the people the companies should be most motivated to keep are best suited to leave.