Willamette Dental Group Reviews
Updated Sep 10, 2019
Found 213 reviews
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Eugene Skourtes
161 Ratings
Pros
"Great benefits and wonderful people to work with" (in 27 reviews)
"Good benefits, Vacation time, Opportunity to grow" (in 25 reviews)
Cons
"Long hours, limited professional autonomy, micromanagement" (in 15 reviews)
"Overworked dentists and hygentists - noncompetes make it hard to leave" (in 8 reviews)
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Willamette Dental Group full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Good benefits, good pay. Good employer
Cons
Horrible scrubs long hours
Willamette Dental Group2019-08-29"Great place to work"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Willamette Dental Group
Pros
Great support, great teams, benfits are outstanding
Cons
Long days but its only 4 days a week
Willamette Dental Group2019-08-09"Good insurance"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Willamette Dental Group full-time
Pros
Flexible schedules and good benefits, get to help people
Cons
burnout, depends on office but some offices with micromanagement
Willamette Dental Group2019-08-20"Haven for lazy, incompetent, con-artist office managers"
StarStarStarStarStarDoesn't RecommendI worked at Willamette Dental Group full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Good insurance benefits, fun yearly company party
Cons
I second this review: Very poor management. Ignore office bullying and harassment. Micro manage the hard working employees and reward the lazy, incompetent employees. Employees are afraid to speak up as they will be reprimanded, given warnings or let go. I have never seen anything like this. In summary, it was like working with Mr. Hart in the movie 9 to 5.
Willamette Dental Group2019-09-10"Amazing company to work for!"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Willamette Dental Group part-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Great benefits and wonderful people to work with!
Cons
Starting wage may be low.
Willamette Dental Group2019-06-20"Insurance company first, dental company 2nd."
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Doesn't RecommendNo opinion of CEOI worked at Willamette Dental Group full-time for more than a year
Pros
benefits, 4 day work weeks, employee engagement
Cons
Long hours, micromanagement, dishonesty, outdated equipment and practices, and lack of clinical autonomy. Being clinically conservative is masked as being good for the patient but in reality it is because it is a self HMO plan provider. It is really about keeping as much of the money from the insurance side as possible and not have to provide treatment. Ultra conservative to the point where they try to stop you... from doing procedures until too late to fix or you have to do compromised patchwork. They have a dollar amount goal of how little you are supposed to do per patient.
Show MoreWillamette Dental Group2019-07-25- Helpful (3)
"A permanent stain on your resume"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Willamette Dental Group full-time for less than a year
Pros
Benefits, PTO, and a clinically focused role.
Cons
Impossibly full schedules, micromanagement, unattainable performance metrics, contracts built to force retention, legacy focused CEO/owner, limited scope of practice, low tech equipment, and a tendency to fire anyone who dares to ask tough questions or make suggestions. As the rest of the profession moves towards digital dentistry, implant restorations, hybrid dentures, same day restorations, etc. you will get... really good at SDF, protective restorations, telling people their wisdom teeth should stay until they really hurt, denying specialty services, and limiting access to routine cleanings. The icing on the cake is a limited ability to contribute to your 401K due to being a highly compensated employee at a business where they don't pay enough for anyone else to make contributions.
Show MoreAdvice to Management
Be honest when recruiting and work on retention like your future depends on it.
Willamette Dental Group2019-05-24 - Helpful (2)
"Good benefits and pay!"
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RecommendsI have been working at Willamette Dental Group full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
Great benefits, great pay! Time off is nice! The company philosophy is great!
Cons
Working Saturdays and not being able to flex your schedule
Advice to Management
Let us flex our schedules a little more so we can be there for our families and childrens' sports events!
Willamette Dental Group2019-05-01 - Helpful (1)
"It’s an insurance company first"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Willamette Dental Group full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Benefits, paid time off, predictable work in competitive markets
Cons
Long hours, limited professional autonomy, micromanagement. The insurance is the income, dentistry is an expense.
Advice to Management
Be flexible and modernize your workplace environment and culture
Willamette Dental Group2019-05-07 - Helpful (1)
"Don’t ruin your resume"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Willamette Dental Group full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
The company has a great philosophy and I love the patients and most staff. Amazing Doctors.
Cons
Very poor management. Ignore office bullying and harassment. Micro manage the hard working employees and reward the lazy, incompetent employees. Employees are afraid to speak up as they will be reprimanded, given warnings or let go. I have never seen anything like this. Long hours and brutal schedules. Quality of care is questionable.
Advice to Management
Only way it would change is to remove and replace management. Harsh but needed.
Willamette Dental Group2019-05-27
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Willamette Dental Group Response
May 16, 2019 – Manager of Talent Acquisition
Thank you for your feedback and we’re sorry to hear that you didn’t have the autonomy you were seeking. With more than 500,000 members and 52 practices we strive to provide continuity of care to all our patients through evidence based dentistry.