Overview

• Home Depot will require corporate employees, including senior management and remote workers, to work an eight-hour shift in a retail store every quarter.
• The program, which revives a pre-pandemic practice, is designed to help corporate staff better understand the daily challenges faced by retail associates.
• CEO Ted Decker emphasized the importance of staying connected to the company's core business and supporting retail staff.
• The move comes amid a sales slump following a pandemic-driven home improvement boom and increased labor activism.
• Software developers and other corporate employees have reacted positively, seeing it as a chance to improve customer-facing aspects of their work.