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Gary Peters: “Retention is the biggest thing. And if people are overworked…”

Featuring: Gary Peters, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Michigan

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Published | Video Starts at 07:51

When I don't know where that comes from and I'm concerned, let's try to figure out what that real number is, then recruit to it. Because another key factor, as you know very well, Retention is the biggest thing. And if people are overworked and overstressed, that's where they go somewhere else. Well, I think the difference here, and Senator and I would just, you know, again, we can use different languages in looking at that. (07:51–07:57)

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Asserts that retention is a major issue and overwork leads to employees leaving.

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