Best Places to Work 2025 Awards
#4 SMALL COMPANIES: South County Smiles
Local Employees:43
Owner and CEO: Dr. Joseph DiSano
Questions answered by: Dr. Joseph DiSano
How has your company adapted programs and services in response to challenges such as workforce shortages and staff burnout? We have deliberately overstaffed every department allowing us flexibility to deal with the unpredictable day-to-day operations. We put a leadership team in place that gives us a group of highly trained individuals that can support our team wherever there are challenges. We have increased sick time, mental health days, compensation and retention bonuses.
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What role do diversity, equity and inclusion play in your hiring and promotion decisions? We have always hired, promoted and recognized our team solely based on the individual fitting into our culture, aligning with our core values and their ability to show that they are capable of it. We never have any limiting factors that dictate how we recognize our team.
Describe a new employee benefit(s) or initiative(s) your company has launched in the past 12 months. We offer sign-on bonuses for new hires, referral bonuses for team members that refer employees and retention bonuses for our dedicated team members. Increased compensation, sick time and more flexibility with work/schedule/duties.
