Amazon Will Pay One-Time Bonuses of $500 to Logistics Workers
- Program, including bonuses for drivers, will cost $500 million
- Company ended its $2-an-hour pandemic hazard pay in June
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Amazon.com Inc., after complaints about ending pandemic hazard pay, will give one-time bonuses of $500 to most frontline workers.
The bonuses, which Amazon announced in a blog post on Monday, will cost the company some $500 million, said Dave Clark, the senior vice president who oversees Amazon’s logistics group. “Our front-line operations teams have been on an incredible journey over the last few months, and we want to show our appreciation with a special one-time Thank You bonus.”