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How did those who continued to work in-person experience the first lockdown? A detailed mapping of this population and of how its members experienced this period reveals that while some of them did not face any major upheaval in their working conditions, others were affected to varying degrees by the changes this period brought to their jobs. The central hypothesis of this article is that the dividing lines, in terms of how workers experienced lockdown, are to be found in the articulation between work and non-work. Building on the typology of social ties proposed by Serge Paugam, we show that certain forms of deterioration in working conditions had repercussions on other social ties. For those who managed to maintain a strong netting of social ties (with the family, friends, etc.), private life could compensate for adverse changes in working conditions. This first lockdown constituted a social laboratory that put existing configurations of social ties to the test. The analysis of Covid-19’s consequences at the individual level benefits from exploring the articulation of social spheres (work, friendships, family, etc.) and how social ties are weaved together. Finally, this paper shows that during the pandemic the dividing lines within this population, in terms of the probability of being socially isolated and having a negative subjective experience, are largely predicted by socio-demographic variables which are usually used to describe inequalities in normal collective life regime.