Heidi Heitkamp actually said...

"I think it is expensive no matter how you do it. But, I look at $40,000 and think, if I bonused somebody $5,000 a year, that might do more in retention."

"I think they need to look at why people are leaving"

"I am really disturbed by this, because it seems to me that a $40,000 payment, kind of bounty per new hire may not be the best way to recruit the best people."

"We are not in a spot where we are a preferred employer anymore."