Makes sense but the data has to come from somewhere and given how critical the pandemic is, it makes perfect sense to administer it to the public at large.
It may surprise you to learn that I'm somewhat sympathetic to people who are against mandates, yet I do think that at some point, authority should be given to dictate whether or not employees should or should not be vaccinated for an ongoing pandemic. I do agree it should be up to the employers to decide this but not necessarily to dictate to their employees that they SHOULDN'T get vaccinated.
It makes sense that an employer would want their customers to feel safe within their place of business. Especially if that business has a face-to-face customer service that cannot be conducted or otherwise transacted in another way. Such as medical workers, in-person customer service, technicians, educators. If those people are so adamant about the vaccine, then, I'm sorry but you will have to basically find another job where you're not exposed to the public and can transmit the disease... or just cave and get the vaccine.
The reality is, legally, no, you can't be forced to take a vaccine. You're not going to be physically restrained and given a vaccine by any legitimate public health authority in the U.S. at the federal, state, tribal and local levels. But that doesn't mean the government can't mandate that certain individuals must get the vaccine if they choose to remain employed. And while you can argue that that's not really much a choice, you're right, but the fact of the matter is; there are legal precedents that allow the government to do that.