Home Depot Mandates 5-Day Office Work Starting April 2026

Article Updated: January 30, 2026

On January 28, 2026, Home Depot sent a memo stating that the company laid off 800 employees and that corporate employees need to return to the office five days per week starting on April 6, 2025. 

However, Home Depot already had a five-day policy in place from June 2025.  On January 8, 2025, Home Depot shared internally a new return-to-office policy: Employees working within 50 miles of the headquarters in Atlanta must return to the office full-time starting on June 2, 2025.

Here’s everything you need to know about Home Depot’s RTO policy.

Home Depot’s Return To Office Policy [Jan 2026]

• Notice Date: January 28, 2026
• Return To Office Date: April 6, 2026
• Location Policy: Office First
• Office Visit Expectations: 5 days per week in the office
• Office Space Footprint: Decreasing
• Previous Policy:
  • 5 days per week starting in June of 2025
  • 3 days per week starting in January of 2024

Home Depot’s RTO News

In January of 2026, Home Depot reiterated a policy for corporate employees to come into the office five days per week. 

CNBC and Bloomberg presented it as a new policy, but we covered the same five-day policy last year. See below.

Reddit Message, 2025

Blind Message, 2025

Employees Were Not Happy With The Message Delivery

People 50+ Miles Away & IT Workers Are Exempt

See Also: Analyzing Home Depot’s DEI Program

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