Volkswagen Chattanooga, prepping to build its first electric vehicles this summer, unveiled Wednesday a $3,000 bonus for all production and maintenance employees amid the tight job market.
Also, the automaker is offering a $3,000 signing bonus to new production workers hired through Oct. 31 as the company aims to bring on about 1,000 more employees before year’s end.
The hiring surge is VW’s biggest since it began production in Chattanooga in 2011.
“We intend to be the top manufacturing employer in the area,” Volkwagen Chattanooga President of Human Resources Burkhard Ulrich said at a news conference. “The appreciation bonus for our production and maintenance team members is well deserved.”
Ulrich said the plant is on track for the start of assembly of its ID.4 electric SUV the last week of July, which he termed “a clear testament to our team’s dedication.”