Effective immediately, we will be providing a $1,000 bonus for West Point based employees who refer a candidate that is successfully hired into an open core craft position at the West Point site. The list of core craft positions are listed below.

- Mech. Tech-Eng Machinist Tech

- Mech. Techn- Machinist

- Mech. Techn-Millwright

- Mech Techn-Pipefitter/Plumber

- Utility Tech-Mech Air Cond/Ref

- Utility Techn-Stationary Engineer

- I/E Techn- Electrician

- I/E Techn- Elec Distrib Syst Elec

- I/E Techn- Elect & Instr Tech

Eligibility:

• Bonus award to be paid to an employee who refers a candidate successfully hired into a Core Craft position at the West Point Site between now and December 2017. Program to be reassessed at that time.

• Position must be one of the Core Crafts listed above and based at the West Point Site.

• Referral amount of $1,000 will be paid to the West Point based employee after 120 straight time days worked.

• To receive payment, the referring employee must be an active employee at the time of payout.

• Employee is Band 500 or below and not the hiring manager or a manager in the chain of command for the open position.

• Candidate must confirm that they learned of the position from the specific employee.

Process:

• Employee to send name of referred candidate to mailbox,.

• Candidate must apply to a core craft position on line: http://www.merck.com/careers

• Candidate should complete the application form and note the referring employee’s name in the “Referral – Give Referral Explanation” section.

• If referral is hired, once the new employee reaches 120 straight time days worked, $1,000 bonus will be processed.

Thank you and if you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail the referral mailbox at .