Pros
Ideal for new dentists fresh out of school, minimum guarantee. Hygienists can make a surprising amount of money. High tech.
Cons
You will get fired. Specialists, dentists and hygienists have goals for everything, and they don't keep you around if you don't reach them. Office managers also have budgets to reach, but there are a lot of uncontrollables. Lack of ethics is shocking. Patients are always upsold, and looked down upon if they opt for lower price options. Benefit coordinators are sales people, very high pressure. Regional manager has no leadership training, manages by fear, is bossy and top-down. Only a few office managers reach goals and bonus, which makes most of them underpaid and overworked. Because everyone is on a bonus system, everyone is greedy. Employees high-five each other when a patient starts treatment at a high price. High-fives all around again when a "tooth ache" makes an appointment. (Yikes). Company has "biblical" values- don't be fooled. Those values, repeated ad nauseam every morning, are not lived. Employees are kept in the dark, not much information is shared. People are pulled from offices and sent to work elsewhere without notice.
