The US aircraft manufacturer Boeing is also suffering from an acute shortage of staff. Now they want to pay their own employees bonuses of up to 10.000 US dollars for successful recommendations for new hires in those areas in which they are desperately looking for reinforcements.

The principle is quite simple: the greater the shortage of personnel in the respective department and the more qualified the specialist placed is, the higher the bonus for the company's internal tipster will be when they are hired. For example, at the South Carolina location, which specializes in Boeing 787s, there will be an impressive 5.000 US dollars as a bonus for the successful recommendation of "for experienced painters and interior specialists".

The company is hiring as it plans to ramp up production rates on its 737-Max, 777/777X, and 787 programs in the near future. According to a report by Leeham News, the aircraft manufacturer is offering a referral bonus of up to $10.000 for its current employees in Washington state's Puget Sound area. Puget Sound is home to many of the company's manufacturing facilities, including assembly lines for the 737-Max or 777/777X, as well as the 767F and a military variant of the 767, the KC-46A.

It is no longer uncommon for companies suffering from acute staff shortages to rely on recommendations from their own employees and to reward them financially if they are successful. For example, you grabbed also at Lufthansa back to this means. Time and again it has been shown that the company's own employees in their circle of friends and acquaintances or family have suitable candidates who can imagine changing employers.