I hear similar nonsense at my day job. Senior management wants me to risk my ass driving to the office, where I will sit at a randomly assigned desk in an open-plan space attending meetings that should have been emails using Zoom and Teams. Not happening. I've been working 100% remote for these assholes and crushing it in annual reviews since 2018. If they want me on-site again they need to offer me a much better incentive than "do it or we'll fire you".

'Cause if they fire me, and decide they still need me after all, then I'll damn well hold out for $100/hour as a 1099 merc with contractually-guaranteed time and a half for overtime after 32 hours/week.

ProTip: If you've prepared a PowerPoint deck for your meeting, then your meeting should have been an email.