‍Abstract: Invisible conducted this survey of 401 randomly sampled Lower-Level Employees on August 18, 2022. Respondents’ organizational roles included Sales Representatives, Administrators, and Technical Staff.  Read the accompanying report here.

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Q1. In your opinion, how likely is it that the economy will enter a recession in the next 12 months?

• Very likely - 37.50%
• Somewhat likely - 43.50%
• Somewhat unlikely - 8.75%
• Very unlikely - 2.75%
• I don't know - 7.50%

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Q2. Has your workload increased over the last several months?

• Yes - my workload has increased somewhat - 34.75%
• Yes - my workload has increased significantly - 17.50%
• No - my workload has not increased - 47.75%

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Q3. In what ways is your employer preparing for a potential recession?

*Percent (Respondents) is calculated by dividing each answer count by the total unique  respondents.

• Downsizing - 16.50% (13.39%)
• Cutting projects - 13.00% (10.55%)
• Freezing hiring - 20.50% (16.63%)
• Cutting administrative costs - 17.25% (14.00%)
• None, my company is not preparing for a recession - 49.75% (40.37%)
• Other - 6.25% (5.07%)

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Q4. In your opinion, is your company well-equipped to withstand a recession?

• Yes - 62.75%
• No - 37.25%

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Q5. Is your company cutting projects that you were motivated to work on?

• Yes - 26.75%
• No - 73.25%

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Q6. About how much of your organization's work is automated?

• Not at all automated - 38.00%
• 10% - 18.00%
• 20% - 20.50%
• 30% - 11.50%
• 40% - 6.00%
• More than 40% - 6.00%

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Q7. Would automating some of your team’s work change your concern of a looming recession?

• Yes - it would ease my concern somewhat - 24.75%
• Yes - it would ease my concern significantly - 17.75%
• No - it would not ease my concern - 57.50%

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Q8. Do you worry that a recession could stagnate your career growth?

• Yes - 59.50%
• No - 40.50%

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Q9. Do you worry that you will be laid off in response to the looming recession?

• Yes - 41.75%
• No - 58.25%

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Q10. If you had to choose, is a recession a time to invest in your business more or less?

• Yes - invest more! - 40.25%
• No - cut costs and weather the storm - 59.75%

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