A Home Depot logo is displayed at one of their stores on November 8, 2025 in San Diego, CA.
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Home Depot on Wednesday said it will lay off 800 workers and announced corporate employees will have to return to the office five days per week.
In a message to employees, CEO Ted Decker said the changes are intended to increase the company’s “speed and agility.”
“To extend our industry-leading position, we must position the company to move faster and stay even more closely connected to our customers and frontline associates,” he wrote in the memo.
A corporate spokesperson confirmed that the company is cutting 800 roles. About 150 of the employees were based at Home Depot’s headquarters in Atlanta and the rest were in remote jobs, with most in the technology organization of the company and some on other corporate teams, she said.
In the employee memo, Decker said the five-day in-office policy will begin the week of April 6. He said the changes are “essential to simplify our business and focus our energy on the priorities ahead.”
“In-person engagement enables more meaningful support for store and field associates, drives results, and reinforces our people-centric culture and inverted pyramid,” he said.
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