- The company will pay divisional and individual bonuses to some employees.
- These bonuses are paid out if certain goals are achieved, some of which were.
- UAW-backed bonuses are based solely on the firm’s adjusted operating income.
Stellantis posted a massive $26.3 billion net loss last year, a result that has rippled through its workforce in uneven ways. As the company’s finances slid deep into the red, UAW-represented workers in the United States were left empty-handed, with no bonuses coming their way.
That said, not everyone at Stellantis is walking away without a payout. Despite the bruising year, some employees are still set to receive bonuses, a decision that has quickly drawn criticism. Unsurprisingly, union leaders aren’t taking it well.
An investigation from The Detroit Free Press found that non-unionized, salaried employees at Stellantis in the US can qualify for a performance bonus in company-wide, divisional, or individual categories. There will be no company-wide bonuses tied to last year, but some divisional and individual bonuses are set to be paid out at the end of March.
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There’s no word on how generous these bonuses will be, as Stellantis simply states that they are tied to “specific financial and non-financial annual targets as well as results from the divisions to which they are aligned and personal goals.”
The company added that the bonuses to be distributed “remain directly conditional on the results achieved.” Put simply, if certain goals are met, bonuses are paid. By comparison, profit-sharing checks for unionized employees are based solely on adjusted operating income.
UAW Hits Back
The news that some Stellantis staff will receive bonuses has not gone over well with the United Auto Workers.
“The UAW, as well as I personally, am disgusted that we were just informed that management employees will be receiving a bonus check while Stellantis UAW members did not receive a profit-sharing check,” UAW vice president Rich Boyer said. “Our members help drive this company’s success each and every year, and they deserve to share in its success.”
Boyer placed the blame for Stellantis’ poor 2025 performance directly on former chief executive Carlos Tavares, claiming his “plan was to gut the UAW,” and adding, “Tavares felt that he gave up too much in national negotiations and was coming back for his pound of flesh.”
UAW president Shaun Fain expressed his disdain for the news, too, noting “it wasn’t the workers who made bad decisions that drove Stellantis profits in the ditch, [rather] horrible management from the CEO down. But, as always, the executives get rewarded while the workers get screwed.”
