Pros
For me, it's a job that puts food on the table for my family during a recession.
Cons
Salary is low, commission is difficult to make because once you finally write a policy, underwriting finds some stupid reason it needs to be re-written. I spend my whole day doing conversion quotes to move people from our old company line, who have been loyal, good paying customers with great driving records who are paying higher premiums than anyone else because Allstate refuses to just automatically convert them over. I have 15 year clients calling up screaming about their price, and then when they find out they can have their price cut in half by doing a conversion, and could have long ago...it makes doing any sales at all very difficult. My boss once questioned why we weren't writing any business. There no longer is any confusion. Allstate is screwing their most valuable customers, and their hard working employees at the same time. Too bad we don't get paid for retention...I'd be a millionaire. And by the way, when an employee has to leave to go have emergency surgery and is out for a week as a result of that, don't leave a pile of work from throughout the week on his or her desk to finish when he or she returns, especially when they return early against the doctors orders. That's just plain wrong.