Allstate Employee Reviews about "work life balance"

Cons

Poor Management and no concern for excessive work and effect on adjusters. No work life balance and people not given recognition for all that they do in a timely matter. Feels like an assembly line in an office environment

Cons

Lower than average market pay.

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Raises are not very competitive with the market. They don't do "market adjustment". One year, they gave me a 3% "merit increase" when the inflation rate that year was at 3%. So they just pretended like it's a merit increase while just giving me cost of living adjustment.

Cons

I had never heard of 'stress leave' prior to working there, but met many people who were on it/had just returned from it/in the process of getting on it. The arbitrary goals and obliviousness of managers set employees up for failure. Had an extremely negative impact on every area of my life. No work/life balance; had to work nights and weekends for a job that is considered to be 'professional.'

Cons

Low Salary No Overtime ability No Cat-Duty Minimal growth opportunity unless you're ready to move to an undesirable location.

Cons

No work/life balance; expectations are ridiculous; you have to work a lot of extra time to keep up. Very stressful.

Cons

Their prices are very high for people with violations or accidents and they don't insure a lot of zip codes due to fire risk.

Cons

This is a meeting heavy culture. Usually you won't get work done until you go home. People are promoted based on politics. If the staff doesn't like you for reasons unrelated to performance such as the way you dress, how you talk, or if you don't wear make up they will find a reason to get rid of you. You have to leave the organization and come back in order to get a promotion faster. In the technology department the work never stops especially if you are on a deployment you have to work over the weekend. You will get a different day off if you do work over the weekend. They won't pay you market rate salaries even if you have the experience. Usually the insurance industry never pays you market rate. The last 3 years have been RIFS and people have been re-banded and demoted. Their salaries have been categorized into lower levels so people that were making 6 figures are back to 5 figures. You have to realize right now Allstate is losing customer and money so of course they are getting rid of people. If they bring in entry-level employees they pay them the same amount they paid them 14 years ago. It's not enough to keep up with the cost of living. Many people are leaving the company right now. If you are new to the company you will get an orientation but not much training. Don't be surprised if you do administrative work instead of your actual job. This is a company that doesn't like to change. If you have good ideas they are not usually implemented if it means changing the existing technology systems. Everyone is worried about their job s so people keep good information to themselves and they won't share it with others to protect their jobs. The performance system is set up to make sure a few people fail at the bottom so even if everyone does a really good job someone has to fail.

Cons

To be clear, I worked for an Express Claims call center. They claim to be different than other call centers, but don't believe them. Career Opportunity - more qualified/tenured employees will be passed up for promotions in favor of people that just look like they fit the job. One of the best workers in the office was in the same position for 5+ years, constantly receiving the highest accolades from the rest of the employees/team leads. They constantly kept applying for higher positions, only to be passed up every single time. Thankfully they finally saw the toxicity and have also left the company. Compensations and Benefits - For such a mentally and emotionally taxing job, their health insurance covered barely any mental health needs. Seeing the exact same therapist cost $208 with them, when my current job's insurance just charges a $30 copay. The deductible alone was in the $3000-4000 range. Allstate gives you a HSA, but no longer contributes to it. The regular duties of the job aren't even worth the pay anymore, and all the people I know that are quitting are because they can't take it anymore. I myself took a job with a substantial pay cut just to get away. Work/Life Balance: I developed social anxiety due to the nature of the job and my depression became substantially worse. I've seen coworkers become alcoholics or other substance abusers just to cope with the stress. Culture and Values - You will be given 'optional' work that is above your pay grade, with the threat that your future career will be in jeopardy if you request that you stop being assigned to the work. Most everyone I know that still works there is beyond burnt out. I never left at the end of the day feeling like I did good work, only thankful that I survived. Management - refuses to provide the resources necessary to prevent loss of morale. Free food doesn't help anyone. Piling on work doesn't help anyone.

Cons

If you're the newbie in a department you will work every holiday. Even though pto is great, if you don't have seniority don't even think about getting any good vacation time. Extremely understaffed and workload is impossible. Work life balance is almost non existent with late duty until 7:30 pm and at least 1 Saturday a month. I understood that I would have to work more hours with more responsibility however, when you stay late every single day and still can't stay on top it's a problem. Holiday schedule comes out a year in advance however when it gets closer to the holiday that you thought you were going to have off, the company then decides to make people work.