Allstate Reviews

Pros

good benefits and growth opportunity if perform good

Cons

no immediate growth need to work really hard

Advice to Senior Management

pay more

Pros

Starting pay is very competitive.
Vacation time is great compared to most large corporations.
Regional offices tend to have friendly, competent managers and lower-level employees.

Cons

In order to be considered for any significant promotion, you must be willing and ready to move to Northbrook, IL. The corporation has been long talking about the importance of a virtual workplace, but the stigma attached to workers who actually telecommute makes it obvious that management believes that "work" is a place and not an action. Tenure and mobility are CLEARLY more rewarded than ability.

Executives (CEO especially) are grossly overpaid for the quarter after quarter of negative results they deliver.

Pros

It is a semi stable company as a whole. Allstate has been around for 80 years, and seems stable at the corporate level.

Cons

Was flat out lied to about the job, pto, and bonus structure by the hiring HR rep. Allstate morale is going down due to misinformation, no team budget, bad mid level management, no one listening at the site level and above... There is a scare that the site is going to be 100% spanish speaking, and there has not been any hiring of english reps in months. Bad infrastructure. Some DMs are in over their heads. Bonus is poor, impossible goals that are unrealistic and not obtainable. Sooo much more.

Advice to Senior Management

Focus on things that are in our control and bringing morale up. There is a reason the turn over rate is so high, no one is happy. Give some incentive to stay. Show a light at the end of the tunnel.

Pros

They have good commercials and a good (if overpriced) product.

Cons

Poor morale in the company that has translated to poor success for a new personal financial representative.

Pros

possiblity of extra income from commissions

Cons

top brass more concerned w keeping jobs, toting co line, than actually getting on board and making a positive impact on front lines of individual agencies.

Advice to Senior Management

listen and respond better to workers on the front lines, selling the product. stop in the individual offices, and stay awhile, if you want to make a difference that improves true growth.

Pros

A great company to work for. Good benefit that is better than most places. Employee are very nice and respectfully. Some of the managers are also very respectful and value employee opinion and suggestion.

Cons

Sometimes difficulty to work with other areas outside of your department - work place silos. The workload could be very high at times that weekend work was required for few projects, however this happens rarely, but it is a possibility.

Advice to Senior Management

The management is doing well so far. They need a clear line of sight and to remain focus in pursuing the vision of the company - to provide customers with exception product and services.

Pros

Work life balance is great, lots of paid time off. For the most part people are friendly and not everyone is straight edged... meaning you can actually relax sometimes and have a little laughter at work

Cons

Deadlines, deadlines deadlines.... to many deadlines. My division seems to like to tack on deadline after deadline and expect more from you without remember you are only one person.

Pros

Plenty of PTO days and a solid company to work for. Upper management is very intelligent and does well with determining who needs to be promoted.

Cons

Work load is unlimiited and you will never catch up.

Advice to Senior Management

Balance the work load a little more and take a little pressure off some of the employees.

Pros

Great people, pay, benefits, balanced worklife

Cons

Employees like it so much, advancement rearly happens because no one leaves.

Advice to Senior Management

Handle claims as if they were your claim.

Pros

I enjoy the travel as a CAT adjuster and the stability with a large company. The concern is there are many other companies with better pay and the same perks.

Cons

The pay is less than ideal. Many other companies offer a better salary and more benefits. The company has begun to micromanage which is a huge downfall, but with the market as volatile as it is, it is understandable.

Advice to Senior Management

Focus on ways we are spending money on the multiple independent agencies (All independent adjusting firms, including pilot). as i belive they are well overpaid. If you can't afford to pay the employees appropriately, why can you still afford to pay them more?