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Automate Canada Wage and Benefits Survey 2023

Please indicated N/A for questions that are not applicable.
1.Company Name(Required.)
2.Contact Name(Required.)
3.Contact Email(Required.)
4.Have you ever outsourced work to a business within Automate Canada?(Required.)
5.If you answered no to the above question, why?(Required.)
6.How many employees do you have as of March 31, 2023?(Required.)
7.How many employees did you have as of March 31, 2022?(Required.)
8.How many open positions does your company currently have, from all departments?
9.What is the percentage of your workforce that has been employed with you for less than a year?(Required.)
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10.What is the percentage of salary employees in your workforce?(Required.)
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100
11.What is the percentage of hourly employees in your workforce?(Required.)
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100
12.Where is your company headquarters located?(Required.)
13.Do you have business operations in other countries?
14.Does your company export to any of these countries (Please select all that apply)
15.Does your company incorporate any goods or services from any of these countries? (Please select all that apply).
16.Please select the most accurate type of business that your company represents (select all that apply).(Required.)
17.Age demographic of your workforce. Please indicate how many employees you have within each age bracket.(Required.)
18.Do you anticipate a change in employee numbers this year?(Required.)
19.Based on your shift structure and hours, what is your facility’s current overall capacity utilization? Please enter N/A if not applicable.(Required.)
20.What is your facility’s expected 2023 overall capacity utilization? What impacts your overall capacity utilization? Please enter N/A if not applicable.(Required.)
21.What is your company's 6 month outlook? (For example, sales, business
development, new hiring requirements etc.)(Required.)
22.How do you feel about the current status of the industry?(Required.)
23.Which insurance benefits do you offer your workforce?(Required.)
24.Do you offer a health and wellness program? If yes, please list what is included.
25.Please indicate the percentage of your hourly staff enrolled in the following. Enter 0 if it does not apply.(Required.)
26.Please indicate the percentage of salaried employees enrolled in the following. Enter 0 if it does not apply.(Required.)
27.How many days off do you offer for 'paid sick days'?(Required.)
28.How many days off do you offer for 'jury duty'?(Required.)
29.How many days off do you offer for 'bereavement leave'? If the number of days vary, depending on familial closeness, please indicate a range.(Required.)
30.How many days off do you offer for 'birthdays'?(Required.)
31.Please indicate the average length of vacation time, in business days, provided to salaried employees based on years of service.(Required.)
32.Please indicate the average length of vacation time, in business days, provided to hourly employees based on years of service.(Required.)
33.Do you give vacation pay?(Required.)
34.Does your company offer different shifts?(Required.)
35.Do you offer a premium for certain shifts?(Required.)
36.Do you allow remote working?(Required.)
37.Do you offer flexible schedules?(Required.)
38.What is the average number of hours worked per week by hourly employees in your facility?(Required.)
39.When do you offer overtime pay and where applicable please indicate amount? Please select all that apply.(Required.)
40.How often do you offer wage increases to salaried employees?(Required.)
41.How often do you offer wage increases to hourly employees?(Required.)
42.What type of salary increases are usually granted for salaried employees? (check all that apply)(Required.)
43.What type of wage increases are usually granted for hourly employees? (check all that apply)(Required.)
44.Please select the types of bonus offered to hourly employees
45.What is the frequency in which your company awards bonuses to hourly employees?
46.Please select the types of bonuses offered to salaried employees?
47.Please select the frequency of bonuses offered to salaried employees
48.What is the average wage for your sales staff?
49.How are sales employees compensated?
50.Which, if any, types of retirement/pension plans do you offer?
51.If you use RRSP - Percentage Match, up to what amount do you give?
52.If you offer profit sharing, what percentage do you offer?
53.Amount paid per Kilometer (KM) to employees for business use of personal vehicles?
54.Do you provide allowances for the following: (specify amount given annually)
55.If you offer a signing bonus to attract new employees, What is the amount?
56.If you offer a referral bonus to attract new employees, What is the amount?
57.Is your shop unionized?
58.Do you employ registered apprentices?
59.If you answered yes to the above question, what is the ratio of apprentice to tool makers in your company?
60.Do you employ entry level trades? (people with zero experience) 
61.If you answered yes to the above question, how many do you currently employ?
62.What certificates does your company have?
63.What were your company's total annual sales for the most recently completed fiscal year?
64.What are your anticipated annual sales for the current fiscal year?
65.Please list the minimum and maximum wages per hour for the below hourly employee categories. Please answer all that apply. If the employee category is salaried at your facility, please indicate that and salary.
66.What are the minimum and maximum annual wages for these categories of salary employees. Please answer all that apply. If employee category is paid hourly at your facility, please indicate that and the hourly rate.
67.Please list the current challenges your company is facing, if any.
68.Please list any changes your company has made since 2020 regarding
business, staff, international sales, meetings and/or new business opportunities. 
69.How many trade shows do you attend annually?
70.If you attend trade shows, has the number increased or decreased since 2020?
71.How many membership associations do you maintain membership with?
72.What do you look for in a membership association? What benefits/activities do you find most appealing/beneficial to your organization?