Needs to get with the times - Senior Data Scientist Allstate Employee Review

3.0
Oct 12, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Great coworkers. Good work-life balance. Opportunities to pursue your own ideas.

Cons

Too much middle-management (cliche thing to say, but here's it very true). Lots of bureaucracy with trying to obtain data. Top management doesn't seem to understand or appreciate what the data science department does. Insurance industry moving towards technology/apps and Allstate is behind on it. Lots of reorganizations in the department (no layoffs, just employees being moved around like chess pieces). Very high turnover since every other company can pay much better. Crucial senior positions are too hard to fill. These empty positions disrupt everyone since the groups are interdependent.

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Pros

Strong brand recognition makes conversations with clients easier.

Cons

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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 On top of all that, the technology is laughably outdated, with monitors that feature known defects and an "in-house approach" to all of their software that doesn't even feature a modern CRM.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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