This is a pretty good idea. I'd be surprised if there isn't already an engineering / SW team doing this to create better tools / conditions. Maybe there's a way to pull request your ideas into this effort (presuming an effort exists)?
HomeDepot makes all their developers do this at least once a year, from what I've heard. I've always liked this idea (although I do wonder how effective it is?).
Should be how every company works ... you will be surprised at what you will learn just walking around. It does take some initiative from the person -- do you just want a job or do you want to be the BEST in your job
HD app has in-store GPS for finding stuff so it seems to be working.
There is an internal program at Amazon to do this. You can go work in an FC for a few days to see what it’s like.