Apple isn’t backing down from its hybrid work mannequin that can require most staff to return to the workplace three days per week beginning in early September. Fully distant positions can be extraordinarily restricted.

“We believe that in-person collaboration is essential to our culture and our future,” stated Deirdre O’Brien, senior vp of retail and folks, in a video recording considered by The Verge. “If we take a moment to reflect on our unbelievable product launches this past year, the products and the launch execution were built upon the base of years of work that we did when we were all together in-person.”

The information comes practically a month after Apple CEO Tim Cook despatched out an e mail telling staff the corporate was rolling out a brand new work mannequin that may require them to return to in-office work on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays beginning within the fall.

In the wake of that announcement, Apple staff wrote a letter saying some staff had been compelled to stop due to the coverage, and asking Cook to vary his stance. They requested that each one groups be given the choice to work remotely, noting “without the inclusivity that flexibility brings, many of us feel we have to choose between either a combination of our families, our well-being, and being empowered to do our best work, or being a part of Apple.”

Now, Apple is basically denying that request, saying any distant work selections can be made “on a case-by-case basis with any new remote positions requiring executive approval.”