More than half of Americans whose jobs can be done remotely are working from home at least part of the time. When the pandemic hit, the share of remote-capable workers in the office full-time dropped from 60% to about 20%, and that number has never rebounded. Why don’t Americans want to return to the office? Gail Heriot argues that it’s partly because the office has become an unpleasant place to be due to legal changes that have forced employers to police the minutest details of workplace conduct.