Great place to work if you're willing to work long hours and tow the company line. - Senior Communication Consultant Allstate Employee Review

3.0
Nov 16, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Being a large company, you have opportunities to move around the country as well as within the company itself. The innovative TAP (Talent Acceleration Program) is very neat for up - and - coming managers. If accepted, you spend 2 years doing 3 different assignments in various parts of the company (often various geographies) in order to accelerate your level of knowledge about the organization and prepare you for a leadership role. Vacation and benefits package are good, as is the 401K and it's one of the last few companies that still offer a pension plan.

Cons

The company's culture changed dramatically in recent years. Under the internal umbrella of "high performance culture" it has put extreme pressure on Allstate Agents to sell more (despite the company introducing higher rates amid the economic downturn) and on its corporate support areas to do more with fewer resources (60-hour weeks have become the norm in many areas). If you are early in your career, able to put in long hours and willing to tow the company line, you will likely prosper. If you are seeking work-life balance and an environment that rewards strategic thinking over tactical "doing", this may not be the place for you.

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5.0
Jun 29, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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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