At Award-Winning Tijuana Factory, Plant Offers More Than Just a Job Tim Johnson - McClatchy
go to original March 14, 2014

Some natural light illuminates the air-conditioned assembly floor at the Plantronics headset assembly plant in Tijuana, Mexico. Occasional theater, dance and music performances enliven the work day. (Tim Johnson/MCT)

TIJUANA, Mexico — On a recent day off from her assembly plant job, Antonia Morena put on her prettiest blouse, painted her lips bright red, and returned to her factory, her fiance at her side.

There, the couple took part in a mass wedding.

The factory paid for the invitations, the white roses, photos and wedding cake. It also took care of red tape around the marriage certificate and put on a splashy ceremony for Morena and her fiance, and 30 other couples.

It’s the sort of thing the Plantronics assembly plant here does on a routine basis, earning it earlier this year the U.S. State Department’s corporate excellence award, one of three worldwide, and the loyalty of its 2,300-member work force.

“Those who’ve worked at other plants say it’s better here,” Morena said before taking her wedding vows. “In other plants, they don’t have physicians. They don’t sponsor events to help retirement homes and orphanages. They don’t help us with our savings. If we save 150 pesos, they match it.”

Plantronics, headquartered in Santa Cruz, Calif., designs and assembles headsets for use by air traffic controllers, police and fire dispatchers, and retail clients. It’s had operations in Tijuana for four decades.

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