How to Quit Home Depot: The Full Resignation Checklist

Unlike most major retailers, Home Depot does not offer an employee merchandise discount. Your compensation package is built around stock purchase plans, semi-annual bonuses, and emergency funds instead. That means quitting Home Depot involves a different set of financial decisions than leaving a Walmart or a Target, where the main thing you lose is a discount card.

This checklist covers everything you need to handle before, during, and after your last day.

Pre-Resignation Checklist: Before You Tell Anyone

Before you talk to your manager, handle these items while you still have full access to Home Depot’s systems:

• [ ] Log into MyTHDHR (mythdhr.com) and download your last 3 to 6 pay stubs. Go to Self-Service > Pay and Taxes. Save them as PDFs or take screenshots. You will lose portal access after separation.
  
  
• [ ] Check your PTO balance. Find this under Self-Service > Time Off. Note your accrued, unused hours. Home Depot starts vacation at 1 week after 6 months (recently changed from 1 year), increasing with tenure. Your payout eligibility depends on your state and how you resign.
  
  
• [ ] Check your ESPP enrollment. If you are enrolled in Home Depot’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan (15% discount on Home Depot stock), find out when the next purchase date is. If it is within your notice period, your final paycheck deduction may still go toward a stock purchase. If you quit before the purchase date, your accumulated deductions are typically refunded, not used to buy stock. Verify with Computershare or your ESPP plan documents.
  
  
• [ ] Check your Success Sharing eligibility. This is the big one. Home Depot’s semi-annual bonus (Success Sharing) pays out in March and September. If you quit right before a payout, you may forfeit the entire thing. The general rule: you must be employed on the payout date to receive the bonus. If you are planning to leave in February or August, seriously consider staying until the check lands. As of February 2026, the threshold was raised from 90% to 95% of sales plan, and the minimum payout percentage was cut from 50% to 25%, so the bonus is harder to earn anyway, but it is still real money if your store hits the target.
  
  
• [ ] Check Homer Fund eligibility. The Homer Fund is Home Depot’s associate emergency assistance program ($300M+ disbursed since 1999, over 200,000 grants). If you have an active Homer Fund application or pending grant, confirm its status before you resign. Separation may affect pending applications.
  
  
• [ ] Update your mailing address on MyTHDHR. Your W-2 and any final correspondence will go to this address.
  
  

How to Resign

Home Depot does not have a self-service resignation portal. The process is person-to-person:

• [ ] Tell your direct supervisor (Department Supervisor or ASM) in person. This is required. You cannot quit via text, email, or by just stopping showing up (that last one gets coded as job abandonment, which tanks your rehire status).
  
  
• [ ] Provide a written resignation. It does not need to be formal. A note or email that says “I am resigning effective [date]” is enough. Keep a copy.
  
  
• [ ] Give two weeks’ notice if possible. Home Depot is an at-will employer, so no notice is legally required. But the company tracks whether you gave notice, and it affects your rehire eligibility code. Two weeks is the standard expectation.
  
  
• [ ] Confirm your separation code. Ask your ASM or Store Manager what they plan to enter in the system. The codes that matter: “voluntary resignation with notice” (best for rehire) versus “voluntary resignation without notice” or “job abandonment” (both hurt rehire chances).
  
  

During Your Notice Period

• [ ] Keep showing up. This sounds obvious, but some people mentally check out after giving notice and start calling in. Every absence during your notice period is still tracked, and a pattern of no-shows can cause your manager to reclassify your separation from “resignation” to “abandonment.”
  
  
• [ ] Use any remaining PTO. If your state does not require PTO payout (and many do not), using it during your notice is the safest way to get the value. Talk to your ASM about scheduling PTO days within your final two weeks, though they are not obligated to approve them.
  
  
• [ ] Complete any pending training certifications. If you are forklift-certified or have other equipment certifications through Home Depot, those certifications do not transfer, but documenting them on your resume can be useful for your next job.
  
  

Your Final Paycheck

Home Depot pays weekly. Your final check will arrive on the next regular payday after your last shift. Direct deposit continues for your final check if you had it set up.

For PTO payout:

• States requiring payout (CA, CO, IL, MT, NE, and others): Home Depot pays your accrued unused vacation regardless of notice.
• Other states: Payout generally requires that you resigned with notice and worked through it.

State-by-state timing rules at Home Depot final paycheck laws.

What Happens to Your Benefits

Health insurance: Ends the last day of the month you quit. COBRA notice arrives by mail within 14 days.

401(k): Home Depot matches a percentage of contributions (varies by plan year). Your vested balance stays in the plan until you choose to roll it over. Fully vested portions are yours to keep. Check your vesting schedule on MyTHDHR before you lose access. More at what happens to your 401k when you quit.

ESPP: Accumulated deductions for an incomplete purchase period are refunded. Contact Computershare for exact timing. Shares you already own are yours regardless.

Homer Fund: If you received a grant, you do not need to pay it back. It is a grant, not a loan. But you are no longer eligible to apply for new grants after separation.

Homer Awards/Badges: Any financial rewards already paid out are yours. Pending badge rewards may not process if your employment ends first.

Full breakdown at Home Depot benefits after termination.

Rehire Eligibility

• Resigned with 2 weeks’ notice: Eligible to reapply immediately at most locations.
• Resigned without notice: Waiting period of 90 days to 6 months depending on district policy.
• Terminated for attendance or performance: Usually 6 months. Serious policy violations can result in permanent “do not rehire.”
• Terminated for theft: Permanent bar in almost all cases.

Your rehire code lives in the system and is visible to any hiring manager at any Home Depot location. It follows you.

Post-Separation Checklist

• [ ] Return your apron, badge, and any store keys or equipment. Do this on your last shift.
• [ ] Save HR contact info: 1-866-698-4347 or email myTHDHR@homedepot.com. You will need this for post-separation payroll questions. Full details at Home Depot HR contact guide.
• [ ] Former employee W-2 access: After leaving, use the Former Associates portal on mythdhr.com. You will verify your identity with your name, date of birth, and last 4 of your SSN. More at Home Depot W-2 access for former employees.
• [ ] MyApron access ends immediately. Any in-store tools, training records, or documents on MyApron will no longer be available.

The financial picture at Home Depot is different from most retailers because of Success Sharing, the ESPP, and the Homer Fund. If you are close to a bonus payout or a stock purchase date, do the math before you set your last day. A few extra weeks of employment could be worth hundreds or thousands of dollars.

For more Home Depot employee resources, visit the Home Depot employee hub.