Willamette Dental Group Reviews
Updated May 26, 2019
Found 206 reviews
Pros
"great benefits/401K match/lots of options/family team" (in 26 reviews)
"Good benefits, Vacation time, Opportunity to grow" (in 23 reviews)
Cons
"Long hours, limited professional autonomy, micromanagement" (in 12 reviews)
"Overworked dentists and hygentists - noncompetes make it hard to leave" (in 8 reviews)
- Featured ReviewHelpful (2)
"Great people and awesome management"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Willamette Dental Group full-time for less than a year
Pros
Flexible schedule, environment friendly, good benefits and better pay to start
Cons
There is no downside of working here as long as you love helping people in need.
Advice to Management
keep up the good work
Willamette Dental Group2019-02-23 - Helpful (2)
"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...
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 "Great benefits"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Willamette Dental Group full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
Great benefits, medical, dental, vision, PTO, holiday pay etc
Cons
Can feel stressed to meet metrics
Willamette Dental Group2019-04-16Willamette Dental Group Response
May 16, 2019 – Manager of Talent Acquisition
We appreciate your feedback and want to thank you for your 5+ years of service!
- Helpful (1)
"Room for Improvement"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Willamette Dental Group full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Good pay, full time hours, three day weekends, overtime opportunities.
Cons
Quantity over quality, worked to absolute death with jam-packed schedules, hard to balance work/life, old technology.
Advice to Management
Management needs to take care of their employees first and foremost so that we can give the best possible care. There's too much emphasis on getting people in and out the door and it makes quality seem like it's not the primary goal.
Willamette Dental Group2019-04-25Willamette Dental Group Response
May 16, 2019 – Manager of Talent Acquisition
Thank you for your feedback. We’re proud of our electronic health record and digital radiography solutions. We’re sorry to hear you don’t feel like you have a good work/life balance. We understand it can be challenging for some to work 10 hour days, seeing patients from 7 a.m. – ...
Show More "Must be ready to be efficient, busy schedule"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Willamette Dental Group part-time for more than 10 years
Pros
Great benefits, able to focus on patient treatment without the stress of management. Group practice setting.
Cons
Frequent policy changes, both positive and negative. No salary adjustments to match lnflation. No benefits for seniority.
Willamette Dental Group2019-04-23Willamette Dental Group Response
May 16, 2019 – Manager of Talent Acquisition
We appreciate your perspective and years of service. Innovation is one of our core values, and because we practice evidenced based dentistry and follow the medical model, this requires us to change and embrace the new science and literature. Our Associate Dentist compensation is ...
Show More"Low salary, but guaranteed money"
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Pros
Guaranteed money and guaranteed hours
Cons
Low wages, no incentive to produce
Willamette Dental Group2019-04-17Willamette Dental Group Response
May 17, 2019 – Manager of Talent Acquisition
We appreciate your feedback. It’s true that we don’t focus on production but instead on getting, or keeping, our patients healthy. Associate Dentists compensation is based on Pay for Performance metrics and not the traditional fee-for-service and/or corporate insurance reimbursement.
- Helpful (1)
"Terrible working conditions."
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Willamette Dental Group full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
PTO. Because that’s all you work for is the time off.
Cons
Lazy and incompetent management. Don't bother working here if you are teamwork oriented or have good work ethic. There are 5 people that control the Richland office (out of 35+ employees) that do absolutely nothing for the company, their patient care and access, and to their coworkers. Since these select few people have all the free time during their work day, they are in both managers offices manipulating and telling...
Show MoreAdvice to Management
Allowing your 3 friends to dictate your managerial decisions, and calling it an efficient way of managing, is lying to yourself and creating the toxic environment that has always been there at the Richland WDG. I am so glad I left when I did.
Willamette Dental Group2019-04-12Willamette Dental Group Response
May 17, 2019 – Manager of Talent Acquisition
Thank you for your feedback and we’re sorry to hear about your experience at the Richland Practice. If you’ve not done so already, we encourage you to complete an “Exit Interview” with our employee relations team or email wdgemployeerelations@willamettedental.com for a confidential ...
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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.