Great Place If You're A Great Salesperson - Direct Sales Professional Allstate Employee Review

4.0
Mar 10, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

The benefits were great. They start on the first day. The job itself wasn't rocket science. If you don't mind sitting in a personalized cube all day, then it's great. Most of my co-workers were sweet and easy to work with. Sales managers were decent. The highlight of my day was probably the cafeteria!

Cons

It seemed like once the economy hit a low, our sales quotas hit a high. Higher ups are expecting you to sale even when people don't have money to buy! The marketing was awful. It's like the marketing team ordered a plane to drop flyers over every trailor park, hood, and homeless shelter in the US. People would call just because the flyer said something about 318 bucks, then they want to know how to get the money. Annoying.

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3.0
Jun 28, 2026
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Pros

Great base pay, benefits, 401K match, and standard corporate perks. Plenty of networking opportunities all across the country, the ability to support local communities, and a commission structure with good intentions and potential

Cons

As a company, Allstate lacks awareness of their role within the industry and within the country, fully acknowledging that their rates are NEVER the best (not sometimes, NEVER). At a time when everyone is conscious of their spending, selling a more expensive (and oftentimes identical) product not only feels wrong - it's unsustainable. There is a severe lack of program direction, poor understanding of the different states' geography and demographics, and complete void of accountability or clarity. An entire product launch was delayed by a month on the day it was supposed to launch, with an explanation never fully arriving and acknowledgment finally trickling down several days later. Of course, this leads to an overuse of corporate speak excuses in an endless cycle of "circle backs" because nobody ever knows what is actually happening or WHY. On top of all that, the technology is laughably outdated, with monitors that feature known defects and an "in-house approach" to all of their software that doesn't even feature a modern CRM. Like the hardware, known system-wide bugs were rampant within these Allstate branded systems, leading to embarrassing conversations with prospects and partners. MS Teams and Outlook will go off late into the night, well beyond normal business hours, all under the excuse of differing time zones and "sharing successes."

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