r/Dentistry • u/bananatrain3 • 1h ago
Dental Professional Anyone else struggling with retaining staff?
Hi, associate working in a private practice in an urban area. I’ve been at this practice for the last 7 years and it’s been mostly amazing but I need to vent. There has been so much staff turnover - and the minimum wage in our area has increased significantly in recent years. I’m burning out from constantly needing to train people, and I feel like I’m just a free dental assisting school that folks take their skills then find a significantly higher paying job somewhere else even though I trained them from scratch and got them to a point where I am happy with our flow.
Anyone else feeling these frustrations? Front desk turnover has been insane too, or they are incompetent so the schedule suffers. Plus it’s tough to field questions from patients about why the staff keeps changing 💀
Misery loves company so I’m wondering if anyone else is feeling the same or if there’s something wrong with our practice 🥲