The speculation will end on Feb. 26 when DaimlerChrysler reports detailed financial results for 2000. For DaimlerChrysler's German workers, the 2000 payout may be particularly sweet. This veteran employee has been laid off and rehired more than a dozen times by Chrysler in more than 25 years. He isn't counting on a big profit-sharing check, but says even a small one would help. Profit-sharing checks are smaller this year throughout the auto industry.
Some years are good years, and some are lousy.
The Mercedes part of the business had record profits last year. The good news, if there is any, is that the Chrysler Group should report a net profit for the year. So U.S. workers can at least count on getting some sort of bonus check. Free Press business writer Jamie Butters contributed to this report.