Allstate Reviews

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

Pros – PTO
management
benefits
work/life
Co-workers

This is a great place to work....a lot of great employees....great location

Cons – No room for growth from within unless you move out of state. Salary was decent...but still not that great!

Advice to Senior Management – Stop picking your favorites to promote

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Allstate part-time for less than a year

Pros – Nice employees, the people I worked with were genuinely nice and helpful to be around. There also was a relaxed environment for interns, there was a lot of just shadowing and observing other workers. Got to have some good hands on with computers in the company.

Cons – The work space was huge, crowded, and old fashioned. Typical cubicles, felt impersonal, as if you were just another nameless employee with hundreds of others. Not the best intern program I've done; could have used more interesting work.

Advice to Senior Management – Managers were nice and personable, good people from my experience. Perhaps set up a more structured internship program for specific technical needs rather than the broad program it is.

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

Current Employee – been working at Allstate full-time

Pros – Work-life balance, stable company with strong customer base

Cons – Hierarchical, procedural and rigid. Growth opportunities are limited.

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 8 years

Pros – good income available if you work hard enough

Cons – companies ever changing goals and measurements make it difficult to grasp where you stand

Advice to Senior Management – Keep it simple stupid, if the agents make the company $$$ then bonus them. If not then don't. Stop being blinded by the next big thing and short term profit and go back to making money by treating people right and planning for the long term

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – Independent work environment depending on the agent you work with.

Cons – Limited career growth. No real benefits, retirement structure.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

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

Former Employee – worked at Allstate full-time for less than a year

Pros – Hours were from 9am to 5pm and we were off on the weekends. It suited my family life. The office staff was extremely small, my office manager and the Insurance Agent(Owner). I loved working there and had i stayed longer, i would have pursued my insurance license. I was taught so much about insurance, and if you cared you were shown the ropes within reason of course.

Cons – The only way to advance would be to become an Independent Insurance Agent. That is the way to make a difference in income. Working in the smaller office i was paid modest, but like i said, it fit my family life at the time. No health insurance or retirement plan either, but if your ready for your own business, then this is for you.

Advice to Senior Management – non, my boss(es) were cool

Yes, I would 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 as a contractor

Pros – The northeast regional office is staffed by wonderful people who work together as a team. Corporate policies support work/life balance.

Cons – As with all large corporations, the control exerted by home office sometimes hinders responding to what's happening locally

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