Saturday, April 4, 2020

Home Depot Letter to Customers

  
The Home Depot
Dear Valued Customer:

As our communities battle COVID-19, The Home Depot is committed to providing the essential needs required to maintain your homes and businesses while doing our best to protect you, our valued customers, and our associates. This has resulted in several temporary changes to our business as we look out for your safety and the safety of our associates. We appreciate your patience and cooperation as we work through this challenge together.

Operational Changes & Safety Measures
As we continue to monitor the evolving circumstances surrounding COVID-19, we have been adjusting our operations to support national, state, and local public health guidance. To date, we have taken several measures for your safety and the safety of our associates, including:
Closing stores early at 6:00 p.m. to allow more time for sanitization and restocking
Limiting the number of customers allowed into stores at one time in the U.S. and Canada
Promoting social and physical distancing practices in stores by marking floors and adding signage to help customers and associates maintain safe distances
Eliminating major spring promotions to avoid driving high levels of traffic to stores
Limiting services and installations to those that are essential for maintenance and repair needs in impacted markets
Distributing thermometers to associates in stores and distribution centers and asking them to perform health checks before reporting to work
Asked all support center associates who can work from home to do so while continuing to support our front-line associates

Supporting Our Associates

Our associates are important to your shopping experience. We have implemented the following actions to support them during this crisis:
Added 80 hours of paid time off for all full-time hourly associates and 40 hours of paid time off for part-time hourly associates to be used at their discretion at any time in 2020 and paid out at year-end if not used
For associates who are 65 years of age or older, or determined to be at higher risk by the CDC, added 160 hours of paid time off for full-time hourly associates and 80 hours of paid time off for part-time hourly associates to be used at their discretion at any time in 2020 and paid out at year-end if not used
Providing paid time off for any associate who has contracted COVID-19 until released by a doctor
Providing up to 14 days paid time off for any associate required to be quarantined by a public health authority or the CDC
Providing additional bonuses to hourly associates in stores and distribution centers -- $100 per week for full-time hourly associates and $50 per week for part-time hourly associates
Providing double pay for overtime hours worked by hourly associates
Extended dependent care benefits and waived co-pays

Supporting Communities

We have taken a number of steps to support you and the healthcare workers and first responders providing patient care in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, including:
Weeks ago, voluntarily froze pricing nationwide across product categories in high demand due to COVID-19
Redirected all shipments of N95 masks to be donated to hospitals, healthcare providers and first responders around the country as hospitals made the public aware of shortages
Donating millions of dollars in personal protective equipment (PPE) and other products to hospitals, healthcare providers and first responders
Prioritizing order fulfillment for hospitals, healthcare providers and first responders
Marshalling the resources of our merchandising and supply chain teams to globally source quality products and expedite the availability of needed items

Expanding Online and Delivery Options

To better serve you, we have expanded our car and delivery services to make it easier for you to have product delivered from our stores to your homes and businesses. In addition, we are always available for you online at homedepot.com, where you will find a wide array of product and delivery options to meet your needs.

Again, we thank you, our valued customers, for your patience and cooperation as we work through the challenges presented by COVID-19.
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