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Melissa Hughes: “Presidents of companies are packing boxes because they're…”

Featuring: Melissa Hughes, Secretary and CEO of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation

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Newsmakers: Melissa Hughes - CEO, Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation

Published | Video Starts at 21:00

And, and so I see right now the manufacturing in Wisconsin is grappling with that issue. You know, you have Presidents of companies are packing boxes because they're short on people. And when they're packing boxes, they're not thinking about how to grow their business, they're not having conversations with customers and things like that. (21:00–21:06)

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Asserts that company presidents are doing manual labor due to workforce shortages.

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