Company Culture is Stagnant and needs an intervention! - Anonymous employee Allstate Employee Review

3.0
Dec 20, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The best think about Allstate is their commitment to the community! Great involvement with giving back - breast cancer walk, purple purse domestic violence campaign and a host of other great outreach opportunities throughout the year. People - Met some wonderful people on the first team I worked on. There are some great people at the company!

Cons

Very tenured population - many who have been at the company fresh out of high school or college and now 20-30 years have gone by and many are "stuck" on how things were done in the old days. The company is extremely hierarchical and I've seen many millennials leave to work for a more progressive company. The world is rapidly changing and if the company doesn't adjust, they will be left behind. People - though I met some wonderful people that I will be in touch with long term on my 1st assignment, on my most recent assignment, I've encountered some of the most dishonest, controlling, micro managing, manipulating, people that I've ever experienced in the workplace and business in general - unfortunately, they are given the title "Leader" within in Allstate and the culture continues to support the "good old boy" behavior. It's a company where professionals who choose to remain Individual Contributors can't really thrive, propser and move ahead in the company and have long-term vibrant careers. All of the "perks" are reserved for managers of people. The company does not even share bonusues with employees who are below a "management" grade/band level.

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5.0
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Pros

- Work life balance - Opportunities to grow - Great leadership - Challenging yet rewarding work - Open to new ideas and positive changes

Cons

- Partial knowledge gap when it comes to technology

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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