Since middle of last year I know more than a few co-workers and friends from other areas of the company that have been pushed to the limit by the evils of Allstate. The unwarranted layoffs and associated stresses related to as well as the short staffing combined with the borderline criminal abusive and unethical practices endured by employees has resulted in many cases of new dr-g addiction, alcoholism, and mental illness diagnosis to many in the company I care about. The work at home conditions help enable the drinking and dr-gs during the workday. There have been numerous days that multiple people in my area and that I know from other areas are drunk and doped up by the end if the workday. This has to have at least some bearing on the lack of being able to meet volumes and workloads. I even know managers that are drunk or high on the clock daily. This is what Wilson and Shapiro drive people to with their unacceptable direction and intolerable processes. People that no more than a year ago were professional and clean are now daily drunks and junkies. It is very very sad.
And the mental illness and breakdowns are just as bad. Almost daily someone either breaks down crying or goes off screaming and yelling as they have been pushed to feeling hopeless about what is going on.
This company's abusive practices and environment will end up resulting in overdoses, drunk driving accidents, and stress heart attacks. It is getting so difficult to witness.