Plantronics Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Plantronics full-time

Pros – Known for good employee culture and competitive salary and benefits package

Cons – Long hours -- Engineering, & customer service positions are being sent to their facility in Tijuana, Mexico in order to cut costs which may be an indicator that company is losing market share and/or may be in financial trouble

Advice to Senior Management – Cutting costs by moving jobs to Mexico is not the way to inspire company morale -- Recent Upper Management decisions have been questionable

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Plantronics full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Technology leadership, great benefits, open to movement within the organization, well resourced business units, friendly and helpful team environment, Santa Cruz is a great location.

Cons – As of a few years ago, there was a bit of micro-management from the C-level, which held back new ideas and approaches to new market areas.

Advice to Senior Management – The top down leadership style can stifle innovation - especially when addressing new product areas or markets.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Plantronics full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Challenging work, excellent/talented multi-desciplined engineering co-workers.

Cons – The downturn economy has devasted the product engineering resources whilst increasing the sales force. An engineer is expected to support all duties in the product lifecycle, including production ECOs and Sustaining. Thus NPD projects are generally delayed due to resource interruptions.

Advice to Senior Management – Best of luck.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Plantronics full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – This is a really great company to work for especially if you want to live/work in the Santa Cruz area. Work/life balance is pretty good. Still offers all the career challenges of a Silicon Valley company but still maintains the laid-back culture of Santa Cruz.

Cons – Compensation could have been more competitive especially since they're competiting for talent from San Jose.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Plantronics full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Fun culture, employees treated well.

Cons – Location, compensation doesn't compare with similar positions in the valley.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Plantronics as an intern for less than a year

Pros – well respected. opinions heard and mattered

Cons – the long commute to work is the only bad thing

Advice to Senior Management – more pay please

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Plantronics

Pros – Respect for employees, Employees are given equal opportunities to prove themselves
Own R&D center along with Manufacturing
Job Security
Fun and Party Culture
The employees have immense respect for each other

Cons – Little Career Development Opportunities
Resistance to Change by employees who have been working from over 20 years at work
Tooooo much Finance controlled organization for no reason

Advice to Senior Management – Finance should stop controlling other department
Please get a little bit aggressive in going after new opportunities which we fail with same excuse all the time "We are not setup like that"

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Plantronics

Pros – 1. Stable company who treats employees with respect.
2. Warm and friendly working atmosphere promotes a productive working environment.
3. Competitive benefit package.

Cons – 1. Lack of focus and direction on consumer marketing insights.
2. Small town shoot from the hip consumer marketing strategies.
3. Confusing HR hiring practices.

Advice to Senior Management – 1. More focus and sophisticated consumer strategy will improve brand image.
2. Less commoditized low end products, more focused well thought-out consumer product solutions.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Plantronics

Pros – > Very strong financials; stock has doubled over the past few years
> Excellent goals and performance system
> Extremely well regarded brand among customers, channel partners, and investors
> Rich heritage
> High quality products that are changing where and how we work
> Some brilliant minds (intellectually stimulating environment)
> Highly esteemed CEO
> Popular team building events

Cons – > As with many tech companies in the Bay Area, more is expected with way less, change happens frequently on many levels, and some of the systems need updating to keep up with the change.

Advice to Senior Management – > Don't lose sight of what made this Santa Cruz based company so unique - its human-centered, often quirky, empathetic culture. Its why people love to work there.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Plantronics

Pros – Friendly and respectful enviornment. Less attrition, people care about company.

Cons – Not enough career growth oppurtunities.

Advice to Senior Management – Provide career growth oppurtunities. New ideas adoption is slow.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend