Chevrolet Hiring Temporary Workers for C8 Production

If your dream is to build America’s dream car, now’s your chance.

Looking for a new gig? Feel like relocating to Bowling Green, Kentucky? Have we got an opportunity for you! Chevrolet is hiring temporary, full-time production staff to build C8 Corvettes, starting in February of next year. We’re not sure how long the jobs will last, but you’ll be able to be one of the first people to put their hands on a C8. In fact, you’ll be touching hundreds, if not thousands, of new Corvettes as they roll down the line.

The news comes to us from Corvette Blogger, who found a job posting from GM. The positions are full-time, and workers must be willing to work any shift. We’re almost certain at this point that GM will be burning the midnight oil to get as many Corvettes out the door as they can.

GM is currently playing catch-up after a strike dashed any hopes they had to deliver C8s this year. Now, we know that production will begin in February, with the first cars likely being delivered in March.

Starting pay for the position is $16.67 per hour, with benefits available after 90 days. The listing also advises that temporary workers will receive preferential treatment if and when regular full-time positions become available.

GM also advises that overtime will be available often, sometimes on short notice. Back in April, GM CEO Mary Barra announced that the plant would hire 400 more employees and add a second shift. In light of the strike, those numbers may change.

It goes without saying that the C8 launch is a very important one for GM, who has invested billions into this project. A botched launch will be a major black eye for the company that could take years to recover from. We wouldn’t be surprised if a third shift is added, at least in the beginning.

We hope that we don’t come across as all doom and gloom. We’re excited to see the Corvette hit showrooms and make it into the hands of owners. We can’t imagine any job cooler than building Corvettes — well, besides writing about them, of course.

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