welder

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Nelson Global Products

My Experience at CTP Nelson Global Products (2015–2025)

I worked at CTP Nelson Global Products from 2015 until my departure in 2025. Over the course of nearly a decade, I consistently gave my best effort and took pride in the work I did. I upheld high standards, met increasing demands, and remained committed to doing things the right way—even when it wasn’t easy.

Unfortunately, I often felt undervalued and unsupported. Raises were promised but frequently delayed or never delivered. Advancement appeared to depend more on internal politics than performance. In my experience, promotions were often tied to personal alliances or disruptive behavior rather than steady contribution and professionalism.

The company underwent several leadership transitions—from the original founder to their successor, and eventually to Nelson Global. With each shift, I observed a decline in employee morale and a rise in favoritism. New management seemed to prioritize loyalty to select groups over fairness and transparency, creating an environment where hard work was met with increased expectations but little recognition.

I ultimately made the decision to leave due to ongoing issues with leadership and a lack of support from my direct supervisor. I believe in treating people with dignity and respect, and I hope future leadership will prioritize those values.

Despite the challenges, I’m proud of the work I did and the integrity I maintained. I carry those values forward into every opportunity I pursue. This statement reflects my personal experience and opinions, shared in good faith.

On the parts that we make, there is a "traveler" that goes with the part as it goes through the process.Most of them need to fixed and haven't been fixed and are simply messed up.The traveler also on the operations that make the product or part have down operations that they can't perform and are still on there and been on there for years and the customer is being charged for that operation and it is not being or being to perform on that part. Another example is that I was working with a quality manager to change a process or test that was to performed on many parts. The process went like this on the traveler; clean, paint, paint oven and finally "milipo" . Milipo is short for "miliport" and it is a test for cleanliness on the part. It made no sense through all that and then test and if failed then it would have to re-cleaned till it passes the test . The chemical that they use for the test and if required the re-cleaning will harm or take the paint of and if anything that should have been off would have baked on the part and not come off. The quality manager and I tried to get this fixed, I would write down the parts number with travelers like that and she would go to them and the person to fix it and in the mean time I would, and she agreed  on this, that when we got those parts like that, send for the test after wash then to paint. She tried to get the travelers fixed. She tried and tried they are still not fixed.

This place is an absolute joke. Nepotism is definitely something they have in their vocabulary. Does not follow Wisconsin law when promoting or listing job opportunities. Overworked and under pays their employees no respect for hard work or Dedication. The only way to advance in this company has to be related to someone who already works there or If you threaten to quit your job and you’ve already worked there a set amount of years then they will just give you what you want leaving other employees unable to apply for positions that should be open to everybody. So if you wanna work at a place that you get disrespected make extremely low income And never advance No matter how hard you work this is the company for you Their slogan should literally be Nelson global where The only thing hard work will get you a low pay and disrespect

Was a family owned business with a concerned for the employee that made our work ethics thrive, after Nelson bought it out the entire work life balance, care for employees, concerned for safety, working environment,etc. was thrown to the side for the love of sales only. Bottom line was the only concerned left. 
Worked for the company for 40 years and when I had to take time to address health issue I was given the option of returning to work full time or be terminated. Decided to not return and retire. So they threw me a party with a cake, cookies, and cupcakes after 40 years of service. Told my employees to stop by on their own time and wish me luck.
Lost 4 weeks vacation time and all my PTO days because they said after my three weeks I had that they could not pay out more than 5 weeks any fiscal year. In short take your future elsewhere.
Pay for areas of expertise ( welding,brazing, bending, presses etc. )

Nelson Global Products has its problems like any other company, after all no place I have ever worked is perfect. With that being said, I had a lot of opportunities there to grow and received a ton of valuable experience. It was a mostly stable job but did have slow downs based on economy. They were not afraid to spend money when needed which is a big difference from other penny pinching companies. The pay and benefits were fair, at least for middle to upper level positions. Most of the general labor employees did not make good wages though. There was quite a bit of overtime, but again that fluctuated with the economy and season. Overall a good company to work for and I would work there again. 

Upper management makes too much money and gets too many perks (cars, apartments, bonuses).  Regular office workers keep getting additional duties assigned with no extra compensation.  Plants are shut down without a detailed plan for moving products and supporting demand. No additional employees are hired at existing locations to accommodate the extra work of an entire plant being shut down.  Employees were let go without valid reasoning and their workloads forced upon those remaining (we are now so "lean" on staffing that I don't think they'll let many more go at this time).  Lack of communication on when and who is let go I feel is a security concern as well as potential gap in customer support.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The management team is great to work with and very encouraging to subordinates through the total operation

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
I never had any stress working for Nelson it was just a matter of doing a good job and doing what was expected

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It's a very team-oriented company the leadership is very clear about goals and expectations and does everything they can to support and help you achieve them

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Typical day was 7:00 to about 7:00 but being engaged made the time fly by

The fine days of Cambridge Metals and Plastics are missed by the 200 or so employees let go by Nelson Global Products after closing the Cambridge plant. We had a knowledgeable staff working with state of the art equipment producing high quality product on-time and within cost. The term " if it ain't broke, don't fix it" is something that NGP should add to their list of buzzwords and phrases for their upper level corporate meetings when determining what to do with a newly acquired company. Hopefully all the customers will find new suppliers to meet their expectations as CMP did.

Bad managment that doesnt care about the employees. I cant remember the last time i worked 40 hours without manditory overtime cutting into my weekend and they only anounce the overtime 1-2 days in advanced so you cant plan around it. If you let them know in advanced that you have a planned friday off you can end up losing the precious little personal time that they dont really give you to cover the manditory overtime that was only annouced the day before hand. And this add is a lie. You will make exactly $19 per hour reguardless of how long you have been here. A new higher makes the same as people who have been here for 20 years. Its not worth the stress.

There is a lot of turnover in management, and on the production floor. The owners of the company have stated that they would like to keep 25% of the workforce temporary which leads to the quality issues we have. There is nothing about the work environment that I enjoy, because of the poor scheduling, we have to work every saturday and sometimes sunday; so family life is not great. The hardest part of the job is dealing with the confusion about what shoud be done, what jobs are to be completed. A twenty munute lunch and one ten minute break is not enough time in a ten hour day.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Welder 10 salaries reported	$22.50 per hour
Press operator 1 salary reported	$18.50 per hour
Machine operator 1 salary reported	$19.25 per hour
Material handler 2 salaries reported	$19.25 per hour
Production supervisor 1 salary reported	$72,500 per year

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