Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Photo credit: Grant Miller for the George W. Bush Presidential Center, under Creative Commons license

The coronavirus pandemic largely boosted the need for e-commerce and, in turn, the fortunes of Seattle-based e-commerce giant Amazon. It’s such that Amazon hired 175,000 additional people to keep up with increased demand. Now, Amazon has announced it’s doling out $500 million in combined bonuses to its frontline workers, who were employed at the company throughout the month of June. The bonus is divided into various grades, including $500 for full-time warehouse workers, $250 for part-time warehouse workers, $1,000 for warehouse leads, $3,000 for delivery service partners, and $150 for each Amazon Flex driver who drove more than 10 hours in June. The bonuses for warehouse workers also covers Whole Foods employees.

The bonus dole-out was announced by Dave Clark, Amazon’s famed logistics chief, who has been instrumental in setting up and overseeing the company’s mammoth logistics operations. Amazon dubs the bonus as a “Thank You” bonus for its workers, many of whom have taken risks to work in the middle of a pandemic.