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

A company memo says the policy will help corporate staff understand the challenges and opportunities that store workers face every day.

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. “We need to stay connected to the core of our business,

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