Pros
Job security. They tend not let go of many employees. Also, the industries CPI is involved with (energy, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and industrial products) are lucrative. The company is innovative in the fact that they develop and use an innovative technology to make the products they do.
Cons
If you want to have a future at this company, be part of the family that runs it. The best thing to do to get a promotion is have the last name or marry into the family. I have seen many instances when qualified employees have been passed over for promotion for a member of the family, and this was not to the company's benefit. Granted, I have only worked at the company's Sauk City location, but I feel this is true of the Verona location as well. The company is poorly managed and stays afloat mostly due to the profitability of the industries it is involved with and the fact that not many other companies do what they do. At the Sauk City facility, the production management generally shows up late and leaves early, leaving employees with little to do until they issue them new instructions. Morale amongst the lower level employees is poor. One incident that comes to mind was when a truck driver who had come to pick up a load was called a racist word by a manager. I've also seen the company abuse the college students they hire as interns by basically forcing them to work in the production line while getting paid less than full time employees and not providing them with any sort of technical, career or professional education.
