Allstate Reviews

Pros

Great pay and benefits. Great employees.

Cons

Pay increases are not so good.

Pros

Large company with opportunity to move around. Company seeks to develop through training and job transfers. Company does lean into being a good corporate citizen and doing right by policyholders.

Cons

Company is trying to transform but struggles to get out of its own way So much red tape and 'work' through power points. Executives out of touch with their impact and no one challenges asks or comments, which leads to frequent fire drills or change of direction based on random comments. Risk Management department is not respected by the business and can't get traction. There are way too many VPs and Directors to form clear objectives. Responsibilities change among management regularly (due to turnover, change of responsibilities, development). This leads to change of direction every 6-9 months. Lots of rounds of layoffs and consistent threat of more. Systems are antiquated. Company has been losing market share for years. Agents don't like company. Rates and products are not competitive. Perceived brand advantage of service will be challenged as many claims and service functions shift offshore. Outside leaders don't last long. Allstate says they want to change and modernize, but Allstaters can't handle changes. High number of leaders coming into organization end up leaving and of course it was their problem, not Allstate's environment. Allstate nice - nice to your face and not behind your back - very passive aggressive.

Pros

All depends on the Agency Owner. Allstate leaves the day-to-day operations up to the owner of the agency, which can causes experiences to vary widely. I have worked in three different offices, but Allstate recently cracked down on who they are letting open an office. My most recent office was a very pleasant experience. Overall, the job wasn't too difficult and was a great fit for where I was in life at the time.

Cons

The underwriting guidelines and changes in rates can cause high fluctuations in sales between months. Senior Management is struggling to help the company recover from COVID and a lot of the negatives are passed down to the agency owner and front line agents. Not a lot of room for advancement unless you have the funds to buy your own office.

Pros

Most jobs are fully remote and work life balance is pretty good. This is a great job if you just want to chill. You don't really get rewarded for going above and beyond (besides some 'applause points' which is $5 per applause). If you do get promoted, it means a lot more work for not that much extra pay. If you do want more money, the trick is to find a new job within the company every 12 months or less if you can. If you don't, you'll notice 2 years go by and all of a sudden your pay is wayyy lower than market average. The good news is that they encourage moving to different departments so it isn't looked down upon. I really don't know why companies don't reward employees who get really good at a particular role, but this is one of those companies. Even though the pay is crap, the benefits are good. Just this year (2023) they increased parental leave to 6 weeks. Everyone gets 4 weeks of PTO, 401K match is just okay, everyone gets a $80/month internet deposit in addition to their paychecks so essentially an extra $960 per year. Other benefits like this are the reason people stay longer than they should.

Cons

The pay is pretty low, dont expect more than 3% a year for cost of living raises. And if you get promoted, don't expect more than 10%...7% is more standard. Way too many managers. Often hear that the company is top heavy. Most teams have 1:1 or 1:2 managers per team. Might be 5 managers and senior managers and 7 individual contributors.

Pros

remote , good for parents who have little kids small enough to go to school themselves .pays ontime

Cons

you must be very attentive to your paycheck and double check that all taxes federal and state withdrawn as it must be, otherwise in the end of the year you will shocked seeing that Allstate never deduct from your check the taxes and you think that it is not so bad . But in the end I owe to the irs ...it is a pain

Pros

Over time is awesome and holiday pay too if you work the holiday or not you still get paid and if you do work you make 2.5 times the pay. They have rewards where people give you point that you can use for different things like gift card tv watched etc.

Cons

The training sucks half the stuff they train you on you don't really use and they tell you to depend on your peer to learn instead of taking the 9 weeks ( yes 9 weeks 4 in training 5 in nesting) to teach you and the schedule is on shift bids so if they tell you that you can get the shift that you want they lied. They will not pick your work if your doing to good at your job. I've had many calls with former works that hates the company and tell us all the time go somewhere else.

Pros

Like any company, your experience will highly depend upon your manager. For the most part Allstate does a good job of supporting inclusivity, a good work-life balance and decent compensation.

Cons

The annual review system is flawed. You are ranked 1-4 by your manager. If you get a 1 or 2 then no bonus is given for the year. It doesn't matter how good your department does or how good the company does. Hopefully your boss likes you and appreciates that bonuses are important. There are no stock options or rsus given to sub VP-level employees.

Pros

Growth Opportunities Fair Pay Benefits

Cons

Frequently changing supervisors Favoritism High call volume Micromanaging - they tell you they want you to be yourself on calls in beginning then micro manage things you say and in what order you do thing on a call for your stats Constant change in rules Drug addicts training others setting new employees up for failure

Pros

Friendly not micromanaged good office to work at

Cons

I don't have many cons as of now

Pros

remote work, flexibility, very focused on technology and providing all the tools needed to be efficient in a WFH environment

Cons

Its a publicly traded company - when the stock price drops, look out for lay-offs. Health benefits are weak (spending too much money out of pocket). The compensation (bonus) structure is constantly changing and bonus rules keep getting added to stop people from getting paid. This program aims to treat work-from-home employees like an hourly employee, but expects them to perform like an Exclusive/Captive Agent (entrepreneurs). Too much time micro-managing all aspects of the agents' day (number of calls, analyzing all of their sales calls, etc.) It almost feels like working in a call center, but expecting the call center employee to go out once or twice a week to find customers.