Benco Dental reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(299 total reviews)

Charles Cohen

80% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Benco Dental has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 299 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Benco Dental employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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299 reviews
2.0
Nov 11, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Insurance and 401k benefit. Not much else.

Cons

Too many sales reps fighting over a shrinking pie. Falling margins, can't compete with online sellers Net 32 etc. Cut throat culture. You're not a human- you're a number. In spite of "the skies the limit" lip service, each branch has too many reps so nobody makes good money. Most TR's at Benco are forced to have a side-gig.

1.0
Dec 11, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Ability to earn at a high level on the sales side if you hit your plan. A fun working environment if you are part of the right region.

Cons

Too much micromanagement from the CEO down. Highly political. Favoritism and nepotism rule the company. CEO blinded by demanding would be top executives work and live in the Pittston, PA area. There is plenty of talent in the US that could help this company achieve its goals that will never move to Pittston, PA or want to work daily under Chuck's shadow. Lots of infighting between departments. Too many people who are making big decisions are disconnected from the customers. You get a lot of "I don't want to" vs. "I can't actually do that". Also los of, "That's not my job, call someone else". Way too much administrative work for reps, equipment specialists and managers to be productive. Lots of unnecessary work created from the CEO down who seems to be worried about people being busy.

2.0
Dec 8, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The IT department was staffed with pretty good guys. The pay and benefits are pretty good considering the low difficulty of work and the other options in the area (NEPA is pretty economically depressed). There were a few small perks but nothing worth staying for.

Cons

Terrible environment - be prepared to be everyone's life coach. Management has no spine, IT is seen as a cost center, sales is king, and the service/onsite techs are laughably incompetent. Prepare to constantly do the onsite techs jobs for them - imagine walking your typical end user through setting up a small business network, repairing hardware, troubleshooting network issues, or imaging a server. Most of them don't even bring their laptops with them onsite let alone know how to use them... it's a nightmare. One of the Co-owners had the idea to "cross train" plumbers/electricians on computers but there is no oversight on it and that will probably not be changing anytime soon. The Tier 1 support in the Philippines is worthless; rarely ever around, poorly trained, 0 motivation, and poorly managed. Prepare to be overworked and underappreciated as you will likely be doing at least 2 other peoples jobs daily They do promote internally on occasion but it's rare and takes years for it to happen - I wouldn't hold my breath waiting. The other reviews of this company being "rigid", hard to do any work cross-department, and "an old boys club" are spot on. Overall it's pretty toxic; glad I'm no longer there.

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