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Set-Aside Alert Post-Shutdown Survey
Note: The survey was conducted via email to Set-Aside Alert’s small business federal contracting mailing list from Feb. 1 to Feb. 9. Respondents self-selected whether to respond to the survey; it was not a random sample.
Is your company a small business? |
Yes: | 166 |
No: | 4 |
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Were any of your company’s federal government contracts affected by the shutdown? |
Yes, one contract: | 32 |
Yes, more than one contract: | 42 |
None of our contracts: | 50 |
We have no federal contracts at this time: | 41 |
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What was the impact of the shutdown on your company’s finances? |
No impact: | 3 |
1-10% Loss of revenues: | 18 |
11-25% Loss of revenues: | 20 |
26-50% Loss of revenues: | 11 |
50+% Loss of revenues: | 12 |
Other: | 4 |
Non-responses: | 97 |
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Those who had a loss were then asked:
If you had a loss, do you expect to recoup any of that loss? |
No: | 28 |
Yes, partially: | 14 |
Yes, fully: | 5 |
Not sure: | 12 |
Non-responses: | 9 |
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What was the impact on your company’s workforce? (Check all that apply:) |
Employees were laid off or let go: | 6 |
Employees were furloughed: | 14 |
Employees suffered reduced hours: | 20 |
Employees worked without pay: | 9 |
Employees used paid time off: | 11 |
Employees donated or pooled PTO: | 0 |
Owners/mgrs. worked w/o pay: | 11 |
Employees quit due to shutdown: | 6 |
No impact on our workforce: | 15 |
Other: (Company offered loans; workers filed for unemployment; employees worked at company expense)
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On scale of 1-10, how much hardship?
Overall 6.0 on scale of 1-10, consisting of: |
1=No hardship: | 2 |
2 | 2 |
3 | 7 |
4 | 8 |
5 | 6 |
6 | 7 |
7 | 14 |
8 | 5 |
9 | 4 |
10=Extreme | 7 |
Non-responses: | 103 |
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In the three months before the shutdown, how would you have rated your trust in the U.S. government?
Overall 3.7 on scale of 1-10, consisting of: |
1=Full trust | 38 |
2 | 24 |
3 | 28 |
4 | 11 |
5 | 9 |
6 | 11 |
7 | 7 |
8 | 4 |
9 | 6 |
10=No trust | 9 |
Non-responses: | 18 |
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After the shutdown, how would you rate your trust in the U.S. government?
Overall 5.2 on scale of 1-10, consisting of: |
1=Full trust | 17 |
2 | 13 |
3 | 14 |
4 | 24 |
5 | 17 |
6 | 12 |
7 | 14 |
8 | 9 |
9 | 11 |
10=No trust | 16 |
Non-responses: | 18 |
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How worried are you about another shutdown in mid-Feb?
Overall 6.7 on a scale of 1-10, consisting of: |
1=Not worried at all | 19 |
2 | 7 |
3 | 8 |
4 | 8 |
5 | 11 |
6 | 11 |
7 | 9 |
8 | 13 |
9 | 12 |
10=Extremely worried: | 52 |
Non-responses: | 15 |
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