Allstate Reviews in Chicago, IL Area

Current Employee – been working at Allstate full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – I love working for Allstate. It is a company that really provides its employees with a couple different things. First of all, they offer generous benefits; a pension and a 401k, generous time-off and cost-effective medical benefits. Secondly, the company offers employees many opportunities to advance, either in the work that they do or in a different department. An employee can have multiple careers during their employment with Allstate. The opportunities are numerous.

I am a person that worked at Allstate and then left the company to try some other things. Over a period of years, I worked at a couple companies and they did not touch Allstate. I finally was able to return to Allstate last year and I can firmly say; the grass is not always greener on the other side. It definitely was not in my case.

I would recommend a career at Allstate to anyone.

Cons – Retirment is very far away ...

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Allstate full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Allstate offers competitive pay, provides great work life balance, benefits are comparable to leading companies in the same market segment,

Cons – I did not experience any cons during my dacade of employment with the company. Some of my colleagues complain about lack of career growth but my experience was different.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Allstate as a contractor for more than a year

Pros – Great work culture
Friendly Co-workers
good work/ home culture
Management typically wants to see their employees do well
Flexible work

Cons – depending on manager you can be micromanaged
more of culture of who you know rather than what you know in regards to promotions.
Can be a very clicky atmosphere.

Advice to Senior Management – Get more in touch with those at the ground level. Some of the processes are outdated and can be upgraded to be more efficient and less stressful on your employees yielding more effective numbers.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Allstate full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – work day flexibility
lots of PTO days
pension plan in addition to 401K

Cons – low salaries
tendency to give more to the new hires from the outside rather than promote anbd retain current talent

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Allstate full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Big company, not likely to go out of business any time soon. Although some times slow death may be worse.

Cons – Company culture is bad, from top down. Management treats employees poorly. Employees treats customers poorly. High cost supply chain, extremely competitive market, no clear vision on how to gain back lost market shares or reducing cost. Most of the time when management realize they need to cut cost, they just issue an edict for underlings to save XXX amount by XX date.

Advice to Senior Management – Management could really use some training on UPDATED management skills. WW2 era military style leadership is not going to work with younger generations. Most people leave a job not because of pay, but because of bad managers.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Allstate full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Good Benefits. Nice People. The company is outsourcing jobs as fast as they can to Asia.

Cons – Outsourcing Environment. Lots of politics and people afraid to lose their jobs. Nepotism. Cronyism. Many people have family members that work there. In many ways it is an extension of Cook County politics.

Advice to Senior Management – It is not what you know, but who you know and who you are related to.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Allstate full-time for more than a year

Pros – You get to travel the US and work directly with the customers. The training really prepares you for the position and your manager is always available.

Cons – This position is VERY stressful and it is hard to maintain a work/life balance.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep up the good work!!!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Allstate full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Up to date technology and software. Work from home options. Alternative work week..

Cons – The only con I have is the long commute.

Advice to Senior Management – Be consistant with other management regarding communication and office rules and standards.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Allstate full-time for more than a year

Pros – Not much unless you're the follower type. Or if you're the type who finds comfort in working for a very big company. Or if you have sycophant tendencies, then this might be the place for your career.

Cons – Suffocating corporate culture. Preach a lot of politically correct sounding nonsense, when they really don't. Plagued with the usual problems a big corporation has... Slow moving and out-of-touch.

Advice to Senior Management – There's nothing further to say.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Allstate full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Lots of opportunity to expand skills and capabilities and do different jobs. Great benefits and wellness focus.

Cons – If you have tenure -- you have to work twice as hard to prove your value. The perception by actions and not part of the future. When, in most cases, if you have tenure and survived the many changes at the company, you had to be flexible and totally open to change.

Advice to Senior Management – Value employees with experience and those new to the company. The two can blend to make the company successful. Don't make people feel bad if they have tenure!!!!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company