Top Workplaces 2022: Only these nine companies have been present every year on the Top Workplaces of southeastern Wisconsin

For 13 years, the Journal Sentinel has honored the Top Workplaces for Southeastern Wisconsin. In that time, only nine companies have been present on every list. 

Muskego-based architectural products provider Inpro placed 10th in the large businesses division in 2022. Inpro offers commercial window treatments, door/wall protection and privacy systems. 

Inpro said it strives to create a positive workspace that will facilitate visionary thinking and strengthen its position in the industry. One of the ways it does this is by establishing an internal counsel for improvement that seeks to improve the employee experience. In 2021, Inpro was recognized by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources as a 2021 Recycling Excellence Award winner.

CG Schmidt is a fifth-generation family-owned construction management firm founded in Milwaukee. The company finished 18th in the large businesses division in 2022 and has worked on notable Milwaukee buildings such as the Northwestern Mutual Tower & Commons and a new professional office building for the Medical College of Wisconsin.

As a construction firm, CG Schmidt is committed to the safety of its employees and has implemented a safestart program designed to train employees and promote efficiency and reduce injuries.

In 1981, Kapur & Associates, Inc. started providing full-service engineering consulting; 41 years later, the Milwaukee-based company has built a network of 320+ professionals based in nine offices across Wisconsin, Illinois, Kentucky and Indiana.

In 2022, Kapur & Associates, Inc. finished fifth in the midsize-businesses division, climbing five spots higher than its position on the same list last year. The firm prides itself on a highly diverse workspace that promotes innovation.

Bank Five Nine moved up three spots from last year to rank ninth in the 2022 midsize-businesses division. Serving Milwaukee since 1859, Bank Five Nine has 14 banking offices in several communities throughout southeastern Wisconsin.

Guided by the simple philosophy of “Make Lives Better” Bank Five Nine has a strong community presence that defines its professional ideology and allows it to be aware of community needs.

Children’s Wisconsin ranks 18th in this year's large-businesses division. Through the up and downs of the COVID-19 pandemic Children’s Wisconsin said it  consistently adapted to keep staff safe while still providing the best experience possible for patients.

For the second year in a row, Children's Wisconsin is ranked in six specialty areas in U.S. News & World Report’s 2021-22 Best Children’s Hospitals report. Children's Wisconsin seeks to balance the child and family experience with the employee experience to create the best atmosphere for all involved.

Godfrey & Kahn S.C. is a Milwaukee-based law firm that has five locations across Wisconsin and Washington, D.C., as well as 380 employees worldwide. The firm ranked 13th this year in the midsize-businesses division. 

Godfrey & Kahn S.C. said it is guided by core values that include a focus on client success, a relationship of trust internally and with the client, a culture of teamwork that promotes efficacy and development, an emphasis on work ethic and integrity to stay focused on what is best for their employees, clients and community.

Publicly traded company Douglas Dynamics, Inc. manufactures and upfits work truck attachments and equipment while employing 305 workers across southeastern Wisconsin. The company placed 15th in the 2022 midsize-businesses division. 

Douglas Dynamic, Inc. said it has sustained success by investing in the development of its team and culture in ways that breed innovation, efficiency and safety. It even created a Douglas Dynamics University service that helps to train employees. 

Staffing and recruitment company QPS Employment Group was founded in 1985 and has since grown from a two-person operation to a company that now staffs 350 employees in nearly 50 office locations throughout Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri.

QPS Employment Group placed 21st this year in the midsize-businesses division and in 2021 was named Best of Staffing Talent Satisfaction by ClearlyRated. 

von Briesen & Roper S.C. is a law firm servicing clients in three offices across Southeastern Wisconsin. The firm ranked 40th in the 2022 midsize-businesses division.  

von Briesen & Roper places an emphasis on being community-driven with the firm hosting blood drives, annual fundraising campaigns for United Way of Greater Milwaukee and Waukesha County, and the United Performing Arts Fund.