Good and bad - Express Claims Support Specialist Allstate Employee Review

4.0
May 4, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

You get almost 19 days of PTO to start out but only 17 dollars an hour unless you work after 3 pm when you get a differential and you also have to work either Saturday or Sunday and you'll get another differential for that weekend day. The leads and mentors are helpful but sometimes they can't help because they're on the phone so you're stranded in the middle of an ocean surrounded by sharks. The health insurance is very expensive but Allstate does help you pay for some of it. If you need to work from home and you need a good amount of PTO because you have kids then you can do this job and try to survive. You will deal with crappy people and unrealistic metrics in every remote customer service job. This may be one of the better remote jobs in terms of the days off and decent management who try to help you succeed. So do what you gotta do if you need to be home.

Cons

Get used to hearing, "My adjuster hasn't returned any of my calls!!!" The training isn't long enough, you're expected to learn as you go while making decisions that affect other peoples lives. Angry aggressive rude disrespectful customers, sometimes mentors and leads are on the phone and can't help you, training isn't long enough but you're punished if you make a mistake when they admit they don't teach you everything because there is so much to know, you can't be back late from lunch or break unless you want your supervisor breathing down your neck, metrics are unrealistic but they do try to help you improve, all of your calls are recorded and listened to so they can nitpick and call you out, they claim you can move into another position but everybody I know who got a new job within Allstate was was in their current position for 2-4 years before they were allowed to move up. Rarely someone gets to move into a new position after a year.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

- I haven't been micromanage this bad since working in a call center!!! - the tools you use to do your job feels like micromanagement. Its very slow moving as well. Every thing takes so long to load while you're trying to speed through your work. - you will receive an email about every single little thing you did wrong - you will not receive praise for anything - you will need to protect yourself by maintaining documentation of what was asked of you, because it will be later explained that it doesn't matter what was said, you should have researched it yourself (even when you're brand new). - when they are wronf about a reprimand they just gave you, don't expect a reply or an apology - they will make sudden changes that severely impacts your job at a moments notice and wonder why you are behind - I was advised a manageable workload is 20-30 claims. My whole team had 90+ claims. - The turn over rate is exceptionally high. Over the course of a year I started 7 people quit within. 3 additional people were fired. - you're going to beg for help and they aren't going to help you, and they are going to tell you that YOU are the problem. - currently, all the hires are being shielded from the hot mess. They are trying to change things by pushing all the people who suffered through the mess they created to put a positive spin on the job and I guess preserve moral. - the job itself wouldnt be difficult (because the work is relatively easy), but its VERY disorganized. You will feel like you work in a call center, but this time, you have to return voicemails, emails and text messages. - 2nd worse job experience in my entire life - AND THE PAY IS BELOW INDUSTTY STANDARDS!!! There are no bonuses.

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