1-3 year tier
Kraft box with corporate seal, methacrylate or wood plaque with employee name and years of service, ceramic mug with logo, engraved pen, card signed by the area director. Up to MXN 485 before IVA per unit on a 100-piece run.
Employee recognition: the mark they take home
Tenure recognition programmes work when the piece handed over is proportional to the milestone. Five years is not the same as twenty, and the tangible gesture must reflect that difference. We work with Mexican corporates designing or renewing their recognition programme for employees at 1, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 and 35 year milestones, at operations based in CDMX, Monterrey, Guadalajara, Querétaro, Puebla, Mérida, León, Tijuana, Saltillo and the rest of the country. The curation uses pieces the employee will use, look at or display — not pieces that stay in a drawer.
Why tangible recognition works
Tenure recognition is one of the cheapest compensation investments with the highest emotional return that a corporate makes. The per-employee cost is low compared to a bonus, but the mark that goes home lasts decades. A metal plaque with the employee's name and years of service stays in the living room. An engraved watch is worn daily. A signed pen comes out every time something important needs signing. Every time the employee sees the object, the corporate's message gets reloaded.
The typical programme is built with five or six tiers that scale with tenure. The junior tier — one to three years — recognises with a desktop object and a director letter. The mid tier — five to ten years — adds a personal-use piece. The senior tier — fifteen to twenty years — adds a piece curated with a producer or artist. The veteran tier — twenty-five years or more — is delivered with a formal ceremony and a one-of-a-kind piece. Each tier has its packaging, card and message.
Programme tiers
5-10 year tier
Rigid box with magnetic closure, engraved desk clock with corporate logo, hand-stitched notebook with engraved cover, metal roller pen with laser engraving, card with the CEO's message. Up to MXN 1,485 per unit on a 50-piece run.
15-20 year tier
Wooden box with laser-engraved logo on the lid, engraved wristwatch, monogrammed leather wallet, limited-edition pen, engraved glass or tumbler, card with metal plate and CEO's message. Up to MXN 3,485 per unit on a 30-piece run.
25 years or more tier
Noble wood box or leather case with one-of-a-kind piece curated to measure: artist's work, jewellery, high-end watch, collector pen, crystal trophy with engraved plate. Optional ceremony with awards at formal event. Quoted per project starting at MXN 8,485 per unit.
Annual programme operation
The recognition programme runs annually. The HR or compensation area closes the employee list per milestone in January or February. Corp-Merch processes the list, validates each employee's address, assigns the tier and produces the batch between March and July. Delivery is scheduled between the formal anniversary ceremony — when the corporate has one — or between August and November, ahead of the year-end dinner.
For deliveries across multiple cities — when the corporate has dispersed operations in CDMX, Guadalajara, Monterrey, Querétaro, Mérida and other cities — we manage shipping with tracking and delivery confirmation by the employee or local HR. For home-office or on-assignment employees, we ship to the home address with impact protection.
We invoice CFDI 4.0 with 16% IVA itemised to the SAT, using the corporate's RFC and tax address. When the corporate requires consolidated invoice per programme, we issue a CFDI per tier with the employee list attached as PDF. For corporates with IMMEX operations importing part of the curated pieces, we handle the temporary import pedimento.
Annual programme calendar
- January-February. Lock of employee list per milestone, address validation and tier assignment.
- March-April. Piece curation per tier, prototype approval.
- May-July. Production of the full batch with per-employee data merge.
- August-November. Employee delivery or formal anniversary ceremony.
Frequently asked questions
Can you handle the formal anniversary ceremony?
Not directly, but we coordinate with the corporate's event agency. We manage on-stage recognition delivery during the ceremony with protocol and coded list.
Can you handle pieces curated with Mexican producers?
Yes. We curate with producers from Oaxaca, Chiapas, Jalisco, Puebla, Michoacán, Estado de México, Yucatán, Guanajuato and CDMX. Pieces include ceramic, textiles, woodwork, jewellery, sweets and folk art objects.
Can you deliver to the employee's home address?
Yes. For home-office, on-assignment or dispersed-city employees, we ship to home with tracking and impact protection. The corporate receives the consolidated report.
Is Corp-Merch an official partner of any producer or brand referenced?
No. Corp-Merch.com.mx is an independent workshop curating and packaging recognition pieces. The producers and brands referenced are the property of their owners and are mentioned solely for descriptive purposes.
Corp-Merch.com.mx is an independent workshop producing tenure recognition pieces. We are not a partner, sponsor or official supplier of any producers, brands or regions referenced on this page.
Request your recognition programme
Tell us the programme tiers, the employees per tier, the cities, the ceremony date and the budget. We respond with a quote and curation proposal within 24-48 working hours.