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Small supermarket chains desperate for new staff are offering sign-on bonuses of up to $2,000
Small supermarket chains are turning to sign-on bonuses to attract new hires, CNN reported. Tops Markets, a northeastern chain, is offering $2,000 bonuses, and hopes to hire about 100 staff. An analyst told CNN that sign-on bonuses are cheaper for companies than hiking up wages. Chains such as Ollie's Bargain Outlet, Sheetz, and Tops Markets are hoping the cash benefits will tempt new hires that can staff stores and warehouses as the US economy reopens, according to a report by CNN. Some companies have been hiking up wages or offering education perks to attract more workers, but sign-on bonuses are popular because they're one-off payments. This makes them cheaper for employers than raising wages in the long run, Andrew Challenger, vice president at executive outplacement firm Challenger, Gray, and Christmas, told CNN.