That has got to one of the Stupidest things I’ve read on this site, and that is saying something. Idiot.
My company has let several of them go over the summer because they all thought being made to do actual work was some kind of evil right wing plot.
I guess you haven’t seen the war between meeting project/product goals vs the HR woke crap. It’s like the employer is at war with itself and your heart/mind is the battlefield. Maintaining work ethic in the face of HR DEI / CRT … his newish and personal ethics come into play more and more. I think that’s what is being stated.