Each month we ask readers to respond to a question about their experiences in the chemical industry. Here are the results.

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Poll Results

Poll Results: Timeliness Of Routine Maintenance

We asked readers: How would you characterize the timeliness of routine maintenance activities at your site?

Poll Results: Work From Home

We asked readers: If allowed to work from home on an ongoing basis, how frequently would you work from home?

Poll Results: Shift Handovers

We asked readers: How effective do you consider shift handovers at your site?

Poll Results: Software As A Service

We asked readers: How receptive is your site to buying "software as a service" rather than purchasing it outright?

Poll Results: Water Resources

We asked readers: How has the attention your site gives to its water resources changed in the past three years?

Poll Results: Virtual Meetings

We asked readers: What role do you see for virtual meetings after the pandemic?

Poll Results: Turnover of Engineers

We asked readers: How would you characterize the turnover of engineers at your site?

Poll Results: Vendor Specialists

We asked readers: How often do you rely on specialists at vendors for technical expertise lacking at your site?

Poll Results: Switching to inline measurement

We asked readers: How interested is your site in switching from laboratory analysis to inline measurement?

Poll Results: Unnecessary maintenance

We asked readers: How much unnecessary maintenance results from your site's current maintenance strategy?

Poll Results: We asked readers: How do your rate the performance of your site's top manager?

We asked readers: How do your rate the performance of your site's top manager?46.% -- Good16.4% -- Fair19.6% -- Poor10.4% -- Don't Know6.8% -- Not applicable

Poll Results: Technical Expertise

We asked readers: How would you characterize the level of technical expertise of engineers at your site?

Poll Results: What Hinders Attracting Talent

We asked readers: What factor most hinders your site's efforts to attract and retain technical staff?

Poll Results: Shift-to-Shift Variations

We asked readers: How would you characterize shift-to-shift variations in your site's operations?

Poll Results: Water Supply

We asked readers: How do you rate your plant's concern about its water supply?

Poll Results: Steam-Trap Monitoring And Maintenance

We asked readers: How adequate do you consider the steam-trap monitoring and maintenance program at your site?

Poll Results: Technical Support

We asked readers: How adequate do you consider the technical support you receive from your corporate engineering group?

Poll Results: Wireless Network Experience

We asked readers: How would you characterize your site's experience with wireless networks for sensors and transmitters?

Poll Results: Training New Engineers

We asked readers: How would you characterize your site's effectiveness in training new engineers?

Poll Results: Whistleblowers

We asked readers: Would you actually whistleblow if you uncovered or encountered an issue at your site that could endanger public well being?