Worcester Business Journal

wbjournal.com | June 7, 2021 | Worcester Business Journal 17 WBJ reader's survey How do you see your organization post pandemic, heading into 2022? Do you plan to hire additional employees? By what % will your workforce change in 2021? At what capacity will your facilities have employees working in-person by the end of this year, when compared to the pre-pandemic operations? If you have remote employees, how has working remotely worked for your organization? If you do have employees working remotely, what % do you see continuing to do so beyond 2021? 20% We'll need more time to get back to where we were. 39% About the same as before the pandemic. 41% We'll be stronger than ever. 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 31% 33% 44% 38% 32% 40% 49% 41% 51% 48% 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Mid-2021 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% Increase by more than 20% Increase by 11% to 20% Increase by 1% to 10% It will stay flat Decrease by 1% to 10% Decrease from 11% to 20% Decrease by more than 20% 3% 15% 38% 33% 8% 1% 2% 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% We plan to bring all employees back to full schedule at the office/facility. We plan to bring more than 2/3rds of employees back to the office/facility. We plan to bring about half our employees back to the office/facility. We plan to bring about 1/3rd or less our employees back to the office/facility. We have no plans to return employees to an office/facility at this time. 38% 28% 14% 11% 9% 20% We'll need more time to get back to where we were. 39% About the same as before the pandemic. 41% We'll be stronger than ever. 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 31% 33% 44% 38% 32% 40% 49% 41% 51% 48% 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Mid-2021 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% Increase by more than 20% Increase by 11% to 20% Increase by 1% to 10% It will stay flat Decrease by 1% to 10% Decrease from 11% to 20% Decrease by more than 20% 3% 15% 38% 33% 8% 1% 2% 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% We plan to bring all employees back to full schedule at the office/facility. We plan to bring more than 2/3rds of employees back to the office/facility. We plan to bring about half our employees back to the office/facility. We plan to bring about 1/3rd or less our employees back to the office/facility. We have no plans to return employees to an office/facility at this time. 38% 28% 14% 11% 9% 20% We'll need more time to get back to where we were. 39% About the same as before the pandemic. 41% We'll be stronger than ever. 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 31% 33% 44% 38% 32% 40% 49% 41% 51% 48% 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Mid-2021 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% Increase by more than 20% Increase by 11% to 20% Increase by 1% to 10% It will stay flat Decrease by 1% to 10% Decrease from 11% to 20% Decrease by more than 20% 3% 15% 38% 33% 8% 1% 2% 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% We plan to bring all employees back to full schedule at the office/facility. We plan to bring more than 2/3rds of employees back to the office/facility. We plan to bring about half our employees back to the office/facility. We plan to bring about 1/3rd or less our employees back to the office/facility. We have no plans to return employees to an office/facility at this time. 38% 28% 14% 11% 9% 41% We'll be stronger than ever. 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 40% 49% 41% 51% 48% 2017 2018 2019 2020 Mid-2021 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% Increase by more than 20% Increase by 11% to 20% Increase by 1% to 10% It will stay flat Decrease by 1% to 10% Decrease from 11% to 20% Decrease by more than 20% 3% 15% 38% 33% 8% 1% 2% 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% We plan to bring all employees back to full schedule at the office/facility. We plan to bring more than 2/3rds of employees back to the office/facility. We plan to bring about half our employees back to the office/facility. We plan to bring about 1/3rd or less our employees back to the office/facility. We have no plans to return employees to an office/facility at this time. 38% 28% 14% 11% 9% 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 23% 40% 20% 9% 8% Remote working has been a real positive for our organization. Remote working has been a mixed bag, but mostly positive. Remote working has been OK, but we look forward to being back in person. Remote working has not worked well for our organization. Other 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 23% 40% 20% 9% 8% Remote working has been a real positive for our organization. Remote working has been a mixed bag, but mostly positive. Remote working has been OK, but we look forward to being back in person. Remote working has not worked well for our organization. Other We'll stay 100% remote 18% 36% 21% 18% 3% Less than 10% 11% to 25% 26% to 50% 51% to 75% 76% to 99% 4%

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