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

Employees, including senior management and remote workers, will have to complete an eight-hour shift beginning in the fourth quarter of this year, according to a memo seen by Bloomberg News.

In an effort “to stay connected to the core of [its] business,” Home Depot will begin requiring its corporate workforce to work shifts in its retail stores. Citing a memo issued by Home Depot CEO Ted Decker, Bloomberg has reported that, starting in the 4th quarter, corporate staff will be mandated to work an 8-hour shift each quarter.

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