UPS offers bonuses of up to $125 per week to hires in Columbus, Toledo

COLUMBUS — UPS today announced it is offering weekly bonuses of up to $125 for package handlers and $500 for tractor-trailer drivers hired at three facilities in Ohio.

Employees eligible for the bonuses are package handlers in Columbus, Obetz and Toledo, and tractor-trailer drivers across the state. Both new hires, and current employees hired after Jan. 1 this year are eligible.

UPS is looking to fill nearly 1,900 current part-time and full-time openings in three facilities in the Columbus and Toledo areas, including nearly 500 at its facility in Columbus, more than 400 in Obetz, and nearly 1,000 in Toledo. And the company will be staffing up soon for the busy holiday shipping season – it added about 100,000 seasonal hires last year across the country.

The bonuses are either $500, $125, $100 or $75 per week, depending on employees’ job, location and the shift they work. The bonuses are in addition to employees’ regular salary and are paid weekly. Eligible employees must work each scheduled day in a given week to receive that week’s bonus.