Are you guys on this Town Hall? Shapiro is so full of it. We're in this together guys. We're firing most of you, but we need to come together to service our customers. F you Glen.
Power Out
My boss said they are taking away from my PTO due to I'm not able to get online with the power being out in Texas. And if I'm not able to remedy the situation by Friday they will look into termination.
Do I or don’t I?
I have been offered employment with another company and have accepted. Starting date is in a little over 2 weeks. The professional in me wants to give notice and work my 2 weeks but the person in me wants to just walk away and take that time to... — read more
Pending is up with low claim counts
The bean counters can’t figure out why pending is up when claim counts are down!! They keep looking at data and not the people driving the data. They have driven out most of the good employees and the rest that are worth anything, they have mentally... — read more
Allstate forming new company in Michigan - ASMI?
Does anyone have any inside information on the real reasons Allstate is forming a new company in the state of Michigan to service claims? We were told it is to insulate Allstate's assets should the industry here collapse under the new reform. They're... — read more
Anyone have recording of Today's claims leadership call?
Supposedly they discussed the plan of the movement of the whole of claims to India in today's leadership meeting. We heard about this call through peers and co-workers earlier and now I see it being discussed here on this forum. I would like to... — read more
Claims operations
When precious posters talk about “claims operations moving to Pune”, do you mean adjusters, processors, etc? People handling the actual inside claim handling? My manager in my office, is so non-transparent, they can’t even tell us our office is... — read more
How about "RIF'ing" Wilson and Shapiro?
They preach wanting to keep "the best of the best". Is there anyone worse in this company in what they do than these two worthless overpaid clueless lying lesrons? Has the board of directors and shareholders ever thought of the quick expense cuts we... — read more
Wall Street not buying Wilson’s BS
Wilson and Shapiro had no answers for the decrease in PIF on the last earnings call...and could give no assurance that plans are in place to stop the deterioration from continuing.. Wall Street is starting to see the “smoke and mirrors.” Once the... — read more
It is official..
Allstate is looking to drop 389 million in expenses in 2021...... That’s a lot of jobs......
2021 RIFs
The next round is starting to warm up. Be ready, we need to save 389 million and starting in June the RIF show returns
Second day without power..
And the second day I am harassed by management being told I need to have an immediate plan for business resumption. They suggested borrowing or renting a generator, working at a friend or relatives house, or going to a local open Allstate agency to... — read more
my position was elminated
my position was eliminated back in 2020 from the transformative growth and was offered an Esurance position to stay. WHAT A JOKE ESURANCE IS!!!!!!! that is the next spot to go. I ultimately left allstate franchise as a whole and I AM SO SO SO SO MUCH... — read more
Allstate Business Insurance/Ivantage
Does anyone know what is going on at ABI and Ivantage?
Laid off and not fired
It may sound arrogant to some, but I would really like to be laid off. I was hoping to get out of this company, I worked minimally and yet I didn’t get laid off. I’m tired and I need a little break, but I wouldn’t want to run out before I get my... — read more
Insider Transactions
THE ALLSTATE (NYSE:ALL) INSIDER BUYING AND SELLING ACTIVITY Insider Ownership Percentage: 1.80% Insider Buying (Last 12 Months): $0.00 Insider Selling (Last 12 Months): $67,275,234.55 🙁 By the way, it is not normally a sign of confidence when... — read more
All but confirmed almost all claims to India
Today's leadership meeting was quite telling and made it pretty clear that almost all of Allstate claims including most auto/property adjusting, will be based in India and customer online self service with claims will expand between customers and... — read more
The end of 2021
The entire claim operation will be India based by the end of the year. Let Allstate sell their overpriced and poorly serviced insurance in India... They live taking American dollars but hate employing American workers..
Is the Hudson office closing/permanent work from home
This week my department, asic/customer service is picking up our belongings. However, still no official word on if we are going back to the office. We won't find out until April, but if we are picking up things now that makes me think that the hudson... — read more
Timetable for 2021 layoffs
We all know they are happening again this year but has anyone heard of around which months or quarter?
Bare minimum
I’ve decided I’m just going to do the bare minimum to skate by. This place isn’t worth the additional stress or work load that’s being thrown at us.
Market share is going down
Is tiny losing insurance carrier “Dewey Cheatum” available for purchase to boost that PIF prior to our next earnings report? Bahahahahahahaha
Can you...
Can you rent a generator on your own dime to help father Allstate? Bahahahahahahahahahahaha
The smug Allstate VP’s and Directors
Any bets on how many VP’s and Directors in claims who were largely unscathed in the last round of layoffs are not so lucky this time?? Allstate is hugely bloated at director and above as it is...
Shapiro and the Sears rejects.
The only thing that Glen “the grim reaper” knows how to do is cut employees... He knows nothing else about running a business. That is why he moves from company to company.. his business acumen is empty once that is totally played out. He is... — read more
Allstate " Out-Flo'ed
In a prior life ( while working for the head of Allstate Marketing and a great guy Wilson ran out of the company, to head-up marketing at Coca-Cola no less! ) we would often disparage the marketing of competitors such as Progressive, Geico, Liberty... — read more
Employees left in the cold - literally
We’re experiencing power outages and some of my co-workers are without heat or power because of bad weather in our area that we normally don’t experience. What is Allstate’s main concern? Who can work and who can’t and for those that can’t work and... — read more
How long do they think this will last?
If they keep laying off people with experience and hiring young, inexperienced replacement who barely receive any training, how long do they think it'll take until the whole house of cards collapses on them? I have trouble believing the ELT is stupid... — read more
Is it Sunday night already
It's a sad time when you dread going to work tomorrow. It used to be an enjoyable place. Now the people left behind from the layoffs are overworked, morale is dead, and employees are nothing but a number. Now we are expected to remain 80% current... — read more
Technology Layoffs
Any rumors of planned layoffs in the technology sector?
A little tidbit about 2020 severance....
Glenn Shapiro was dead set against paying out severance for the 2020 lay offs. Tom Wilson insisted severance be paid because he was worried of how lay offs without severance during a national state of emergency for the COVID19 pandemic would look... — read more
Claims has hit rock bottom
Morale is so low that we have been beaten into submission just working long hours and twice the workload. So many of the best people were laid off. We’re Not sure anymore about the American dream at Allstate . Tom Wilson spoke to the media a couple... — read more
Once every penny is squeezed out of this lemon..
and Allstate insurance is a hollowed out shell, expect Shapiro to make his next move to the next company to face is destruction..
Any word on if ASIC/Agency support will have layoffs this year?
The department is already extremely short staffed. Our most talented people quit every week and 500-600 chats are holding everyday
Amazing looking at layoff boards for other carriers
There is hardly any activity for other carriers. The Geico board has had a couple of posts since 2017 and similar with Progressive. No posts about nervous break downs or complaints about sweat shop conditions... Yes insurance is a tough industry... — read more
Allsnake
“You have never been bitten with stronger venom.”
US claim operations
Allstate will be laying off the majority of remaining US based claim operations by the end of the year. Expect the next round of layoffs to begin in April... The company will keep you hanging until they no longer need you..... Get out now on your... — read more
Save yourself! Cut down to half effort.
Seeing the post about an employee having a mental breakdown had me obligated to share my own little bit of "Transformative Growth" with all of you. The stress and mental anguish of Allstate us not worth affecting your health and personal life. No... — read more
Want to resign immediately
A situation happened yesterday that caused me to have a nervous breakdown. I feel that I can no longer work here for another second. I would like not to report to work next week. The information I get about the time I will have to spend here after... — read more