💬 Quoted: “We need to stay connected to the core of our business, so we can truly understand the challenges and opportunities our store associates face every day.”

Home Depot is ordering all its workers to don the apron and help dads pick out 2x4s. All corporate staff will be required to work an eight-hour retail shift each quarter beginning in Q4 2024, according to a recent memo sent by CEO Ted Decker.

• The move is aimed at supporting in-store associates and enabling corporate staff to better understand their daily challenges, and revives a program that was suspended during the pandemic due to safety concerns. It also follows a unionization push from some Home Depot workers in 2022.

​​👩‍💼🧹 Zoom out: Other companies also see benefit in putting corporate workers on the front lines. DoorDash requires all of its employees, including the CEO, to perform periodic driving or customer service duties.

🎮 Stat of the Day: On Sunday, US teen Michael Artiaga became the first person in the world to achieve a “rebirth” on the classic NES game Tetris – meaning he cleared all 255 levels coded into the 35-year-old game, forcing it to reset back to Level 0. Artiaga, who streams on Twitch under the handle “dogplayingtetris,” eventually finished his historic rebirth run with 29.4 million points. Woof.

🤔 Did You Know? The loudest shout ever recorded from a human was by Annalisa Flanagan, a primary school teacher who yelled “Quiet!” at an ear-shattering 121.7 decibels in 1994 (roughly as loud as a jet engine).

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