COVID lockdowns messed people up in unexpected ways. I have colleagues who decided they would be able to “teach” by posting stuff online from anywhere in the world, never show up on campus, and still draw $100,000 salaries for that kind of “work”.
Obviously, this is a small minority of people. Everybody else is extremely happy to be back in the classroom. But the “lockdown happy” are currently in a mega pout. Somehow, they convinced themselves that this is a sustainable model and somebody is going to pay large salaries for this.