# Why are some employers so obstinate about requiring in-office work during COVID if it can be done just as well remotely?

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**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
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**Created:** [August 11, 2021, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-some-employers-so-obstinate-about-requiring-in-office-work-during-covid-if-it-can-be-done-just-as-well-remotely/948411 "2021-08-11T02:35:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-some-employers-so-obstinate-about-requiring-in-office-work-during-covid-if-it-can-be-done-just-as-well-remotely/948411/9 "2021-08-11T05:27:25Z")

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Another thread of mine in another forum discussing this generally: [Is WFH an unfettered good? Should those who want it be deferred to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-wfh-an-unfettered-good-should-those-who-want-it-be-deferred-to/947384/)

(And I just realized I wrote “blue collar” instead of “white collar” in the very first sentence. Go me.)

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