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.

Contending with everything from understaffed stores and long hours on their feet to rude customer behavior, and it's no wonder that some companies are finding it necessary to focus on new methods for employee retention.