Zappos did the novel approach as well (The might still do, acquired by Amazon). "If you quit today, we will pay you for the amount of time you’ve worked, plus we will offer you a $1,000 bonus.” https://hbr.org/2008/05/why-zappos-pays-new-employees

Hard to think of something more humiliating to do to employees

...adding, it might become an actual offer if ceo offered to fire them instead.