All Home Depot corporate employees will be required to complete an eight-hour shift at one of the company's retail stores every quarter.

Home Depot (HD) wants its corporate employees to gain insight into the daily challenges faced by its in-store associates.

Home Depot Inc. will begin requiring corporate employees to work a full day at one of its stores every quarter, a move the company said is aimed at supporting its retail staff.

The retailer wants to sublet four of the massive distribution centers it added during rapid pandemic-driven expansion.

Home Depot says it is returning to a longstanding practice of requiring everyone in the company to experience life on the retail front lines.