b'COVID-19 Survey Report If your company remains open, indicate how your current production Among tool, mold and die shops, 59% remainedcompares with your workload prior open in May and 69% said they had to lay off or fur- to the COVID-19 pandemic?lough employees.Company Location 8% Among companies in the Midwest, 85% said they remained open in May. OtherAmong companies in the West, 66% remained openCTE subscribers 25%in May. Of those, 62% were fully open. Nearly 58% of19% Down 20%these companies had undergone layoffs or furloughs. SameAmong companies in the East, 75% remained open in May, but nearly 52% said the pandemic triggered lay-offs or furloughs. 11% 23% Among companies in the Mountain region, 36%Down 80% Down 40%said they had to lay off or furlough employees.Among companies in the South, 41% reported lay- 14%offs or furloughs. Down 60%Further analysis of pandemic-related responses by two types of survey data collectors also reveals signifi-cant differences from the overall results.CTE normally would use only one type of data col-lection via SurveyMonkeya web-based survey ser- 6%vicebecause participation in the biennial salary sur- Other 19%vey usually is limited to industry professionals who sub- Survey service Down 20%scribe to CTEs print and digital media. This year, in an effort to collect as many respondents as possible de- 28%spite the limitations presented by COVID-19, CTE uti- Samelized a paid data collection option whereby Survey- 17%Monkey targeted its own survey panels of manufactur- Down 40%ing professionals.The following results highlight the most substantial12%differences from CTEs nationwide data when broken18%out by data collection type. Down 80% Down 60%More than 97% of companies surveyed from among CTEs subscribers reported they remained open in May compared with 72% of companies reached via Survey-Monkey.Among CTE subscriber companies that remained6%open, 78% said they were fully open compared withOther 21%64% of such companies reached via SurveyMonkey.Some 76% of CTE subscribers had not laid off orDown 20% furloughed employees due to the pandemic. Among25%Combinedcompanies reached via SurveyMonkey, 54% reportedSamelayoffs or furloughs.CTE 19%Down 40%about the author12%Dennis Spaeth is CEO and publisherDown 80% 17%of CTE. Contact him at 847-714-0176Down 60%or [email protected] 2020COVIDAnalysis.indd 52 7/17/20 3:19 PM'