This month’s Before You Go Poll turned its attention to how companies are performing thus far in 2022, an intriguing proposition seeing that we are heading into the final quarter of the year.

We asked our readers the following question: How is your company faring this year? The options were “We’re knocking it out of the park,” “We’re ahead of 2021,” “I’d say on par with 2021,” “Lagging somewhat behind 2021” and “#$%& supply chain!!!”

Unfortunately, home run trots were dwarfed by the inability to take delivery of equipment. A whopping 37.5% cited the supply chain, which perhaps is not so surprising given the widespread difficulties of sourcing gear across the industry.

There was a three-way tie of about 19% for ahead of 2021, lagging behind 2021 and knocking it out of the park. Only 6% felt they were in the same boat as last year. Grim though this unscientific poll may seem, it is heartening to know that, absent the supply chain, many companies would likely be well ahead of 2021’s performance.