Allstate Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Allstate full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Culture is good. Some room to advance

Cons – Not a performance culture despite what desire.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Allstate full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – growth opportunities and learning resources are available

Cons – those well connected will advance

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Allstate full-time for less than a year

Pros – Pays well if you can telemarket

Cons – Boring work; you are a consumable resource

Advice to Senior Management – go internet for your sales; quit burning through people

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Allstate full-time for less than a year

Pros – Great training and trainers, excellent salary/draw relative to position, great brand development, excellent resources.

The salary and training are excellent. The training specifically is fantastic, best preparation with training I've ever had for a position.

Cons – Terrible Human Resources, limited logistics related to limitations of business opportunities. Not much common sense put into business decisions.

The Human Resources department is ethically and morally devoid. Regional Management was the same.

Advice to Senior Management – Treat employees like human beings and work to resolve, not discard issues.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Allstate full-time for more than a year

Pros – If you are located in a great place, you can look at making 60,000K. A lot of various opportunities should you be working near head office.

Cons – Paid based on a advance on commission. Very high pressure to sell and reach your monthly quota and very aggressive to push you out of the organization should you not reach it.

Advice to Senior Management – Take time to know your employees and provide genuine insight into how agents can build a better book of business. Do not simply assume that when one thing works for one agent that the same will be for another.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Allstate

Pros – Allstate is a great company. I have only worked here for a year or so but have enjoyed my time so far.
The position is commissioned but you are paid a 'guaranteed' advance on commission which allows you to budget for your expenses.
Beyond the advance you can earn more money by reaching and exceeding monthly sales targets, and then can make generous quarterly bonuses based on both your performance and that of your agency.
Overall Allstate has been a great company to work for and I would recommend the company to anyone.

Cons – The sales targets are based on prior years, so you could find it difficult to attain at times. The company preaches sales activities such as networking and cold calling, the latter of which is a dying art in the age of Do Not Call lists and access to online information for the consumer.
But aslong as your sales are on target the activities are secondary, only if you are struggling will management actively push you to reach your activity targets.

Advice to Senior Management – I think senior management are quick and fair in their actions to make sure they are reacting to the markets and trends.
I would suggest they look at the compensation package and targets to ensure it is optimal for the majority to help improve retention of employees, especially over the first couple of years when you are grafting to build your referral base and book of business.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Allstate

Pros – Good bond between employees. Very competitive environment that feeds the competition between branches and channels. Meet your targets and you are sure to be left alone, they are happy with that.

Cons – Learning experience can be applied elsewhere. Grassroots environment where change happens for undetermined reasons. People are distrustful of the leadership team.

Advice to Senior Management – Become more transparent, show respect for people and their abilities. Say hi to people in the cafeteria and show some genuine respect for them and their lives. Business is about people.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Allstate full-time for more than a year

Pros – -great growth opportunity
-good benefits
-great employee discounts

Cons – -None! I absolutely loved my job!!

Advice to Senior Management – keep up the good work.

Current Employee – been working at Allstate full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Indepence, excellent training program, great management and staff support. Excellent promotion and career path opportunities, open and fair internal hiring program. Good benefits including generous 401k matching and pension programs.

Cons – Compensation for the amount of expected production and performance seems lower than industry standard. Twelve hour workdays and the number of nights spent in hotels on the road can become physically and mentally draining.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Allstate full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – I love working for Allstate. It is a company that really provides its employees with a couple different things. First of all, they offer generous benefits; a pension and a 401k, generous time-off and cost-effective medical benefits. Secondly, the company offers employees many opportunities to advance, either in the work that they do or in a different department. An employee can have multiple careers during their employment with Allstate. The opportunities are numerous.

I am a person that worked at Allstate and then left the company to try some other things. Over a period of years, I worked at a couple companies and they did not touch Allstate. I finally was able to return to Allstate last year and I can firmly say; the grass is not always greener on the other side. It definitely was not in my case.

I would recommend a career at Allstate to anyone.

Cons – Retirment is very far away ...

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend