Volkswagen has more than 2,500 employees in Chattanooga, and it will have paid $200 million in wages by year’s end, officials said Friday.
“Our team is almost complete,” said Hans-Herbert Jagla, executive vice president of human resources for VW in the city.
Jagla said the plant, which is running with two full shifts and producing between 400 and 450 cars a day, is still looking to fill a few openings in the quality area and some supervisor slots.
He said the company has received 85,000 applications for the more than 2,500 jobs.
Also, Jagla said plans are to start paying out quarterly bonuses to its workers of up to 10 percent of their earnings depending on performance.