Good benefits terrible work - Catastrophe Claims Adjuster Allstate Employee Review

4.0
Jan 31, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Management in the cat team is good. It’s probably one of the more centralized areas of Allstate. Hiring is good and lay offs seem rare because there is always work. The PTO is amazing. Some of the best PTO options, the most days I’ve ever had. The travel perks are great, you get to keep your points. I like the schedule of 10 days on 4 days off. Alternative travel is really nice.

Cons

This is a very high stress environment. Fast paced job. Adjusters are prone to burnout fast. The claims work is endless. It always feels unfinished. They expect 12 hour days at minimum but your often working more, and constantly changing metrics gradually increasing expectations and responsibilities gets old. Every day is a confrontation with a customer or a contractor. It wears on you and burns you out eventually. The pay could be more for what you have to put up with. Allstate makes you fight for your well earned cat pay. Pay is low compared to other companies (base pay and Cat pay) they haven’t raised their cat pay in 15 years to keep with inflation. No differential paid for more expensive areas of deployment. Per diem is low.

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 On top of all that, the technology is laughably outdated, with monitors that feature known defects and an "in-house approach" to all of their software that doesn't even feature a modern CRM.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