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Home Depot tightens screws on office attendance policy as it cuts jobs

Corporate workers ordered back to five-day workweek as retailer faces business slowdown
Home Depot has had to contend with a frozen housing market and a myriad of other business challenges. (CoStar)
Home Depot has had to contend with a frozen housing market and a myriad of other business challenges. (CoStar)
CoStar News
January 29, 2026 | 8:50 P.M.

Home Depot got a hefty boost from do-it-yourselfers upgrading their remote-work setups in the early years of the pandemic. But the home improvement retailer is now tightening the screws on its own in-office policy as part of a broader effort to strengthen its business amid mounting economic uncertainty.

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