Outside of claims, allstate isn't a bad job. Society lies to all of us from a young age to go to college and get a bachelor's degree and there will be tons of fun and great jobs. The truth is the higher the pay the more stressful and heavier the workload. Are there better paying jobs than allstate? Yes, but being a lawyer, doctor, engineer, etc is way more intensive. If you want that I encourage you but operations, rmbc, customer service, tech support at allstate isn't bad. Claims will always be awful. Your talking to customers on their worst day after they were in an accident or had a theft or home damaged. Other departments you're not. If you know better jobs with less stress please list them lol
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I don’t mind working claims but I think I might be a sociopath so my opinion isn’t really valid, LULZ
First of all this post is irrelevant simply for the fact that anyone on this board is not complaining nor upset that they have to deal with their essential job functions in claims i.e. talking to customers. OP labors on about the job role itself but fails to see that its the overwork and decisions made directly by the company negatively affecting employees negatively not customers or the actual work they were hired to do.
Also it doesn't take much to see in the last 50 posts that SCO has been affected and attorneys are being laid off in mass as well.
For those that love their area, benefits, etc that is great. No hate here, but remember claims is what gives you that posh position in the first place. Claims supports your lifestyle not the other way around.
My job is pretty chill and no complaints. But you will never see me working in claims.
To be fair, she rather did enjoy the play. For a time.
Claims is a vital function of Allstate, or any insurance company. The dysfunction in claims affects the entire company. To say that "Outside of claims, allstate isn't a bad job" is like asking "Gee, Mrs. Lincoln, other than that how was the play?"
My point ? Why are you here if your so safe your job troll
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Btw home office take your compliance stuff and blow it out your
It’s called
PROTECTED CONCERTED ACTIVITY
Let me help the claims robber barons with some labor law : employees are allowed under law to use company TIME and RESOURCES to discuss organizing under the NLRA: those posters you put up that you think no one pays attention to?
Unless something proprietary is revealed stick a sock in it we can talk all
We want about work conditions and the fact that I have documented info that Alllstate HR had an unwritten (of course!) policy of tracking anyone anything anytime the word UNION is mentioned is beyond illegal. Go ahead deny it. There are people who used to work for HR that have left the company.
HR: post on the company home board our rights as workers to Protected Concerted Activity.your job is to inform us of our benefits and rights how come I see nothing bought it?
You people who don’t work in production (agents) or claims, youre welcome.
All the other positions exist because of policies sold and money saved.
Their is a glut of fluff garbage jobs especially in that Northbrook set of ivory towers and I’m sure it’s great to be in one : you have no actual production goals or any idea what stress is. BOTG, diversity, I mean there is a guy that has time in his “work” day to write monthly English comp lessons on the home page.
Fix Allstate?
- When TG runs ur course and we keep falling in market share let them all parachute out like was done at Liberty
2: don’t stop with exec mgt, Allstate Inc needs an EN--A. If you don’t sell contracts or control costs your fluff job is gone.
- Focus on selling insurance for G sake and not BOTG, telling me how to vote, telling me to donate my income in the name of Allstate (oh and if you do anything altruistic make sure you have an Allstate shirt on and their our pics because truly that’s what REALLY matters when “bringing out good”) and million other things besides selling insurance. Executives who get 12 million annual bonuses and Allstate has nerve to ask non exempt workers who maybe live check to check (and may still donate or tithe on thejr say) to donate in the name of the company.
4 PS treat the “grunt” claim workers and producers with just little respect. And at worst, don’t lie to them outright your lose all future credibility (your job elimination had nothing to do with your salary and no we’re not going to be transparent about anything).
Yes. And your point ?
Does Allstate require that applicants for claims adjuster positions hold a college degree?
The treatment of managers to the adjusters is from the sh-t rolling down hill from 2-3 levels above them. The managers are completely brainwashed and are trying to gaslight the adjusters into thinking something is wrong with them since the company is so far behind that overtime has to be paid. It’s all the adjusters fault. Uh huh. They won’t say a word against the company talking points. Most of them have been around for a long time and are just tools. Adjusters need representation —never gonna happen. Quit , go on disability, or be let go when the India team and AI take over. Your best hope is for a lay off if you don’t find a new job soon. But remember, they want you to quit. They can get 3 India adjusters for the price of 1 USA adjuster. They will gaslight you, make your life he-l any way they can. They’re getting away with it too since you have no representation to fight for you and your so beaten down now you have no energy left. TW GS EB’s plan is working great. Stock up. Are you in Good Hands ?
There’s one problem with your thinking, other than maybe actuaries and managing the company portfolio CLAIMS and the producers are the areas of the company that actually generate value. Producers sell policies and claims controls costs and their was a lot of fluff jobs cut in RIF. And I’d cut thousands more BUT NOT CLAIMS OR AGENTS. Focus on selling insurance Allstate and drop all the other nonsense fluff and feel good junk positions that exist in HO. I get impression that place is staffed with “what does an air quality specialist do” and “what does a inclusive admin organizational media process specialist do” or some other junk position.
Get rid of all the people who don’t directly contribute to bottom line, get rid of 50 layers of managers that don’t seem to do anything but shoot off emails and have first line supervisor, regional then VP.
Claims are seen as d-mb grunts we know it but one of the middle level execs or even an actuary wouldn’t last a month with the second rate cr-p lock up software, sheer workload, pace we are expected to keep (you’d be behind. In week and never catch up trust me), so keep looking down your nose at them but they are busting their as--s understaffed to help TG “make lots of money” (btw did our advert geniuses figure out they have to pay the Pet Shop Boys a residual each time that tu-d of a commercial runs). Brilliant advertising my neighbors said they were all motivated to drop all their current carriers because of it.
I fail to understand people who say “I would never give up my PTO, work life balance” etc. while also acknowledging the crp heaped on their fellow employees in claims. What is the moral character of a person who sees that Allstate treats so many employees like crp, but because their personal load is easy, they’re going to stick, mistreatment of others be dam*ed. Nice moral character there. Selfishness at its best. If they are doing it to claims today, you can bet they’ll do it to another group tomorrow. Wake up.
I work in claims and I agree: we are getting treated like sh-t! Every week they change the procedure for something and we are getting told things like, "Well Allstate is short handed and over worked so you need to do this and this to expedite things for the estimates to help them out" or "Medical team is also overworked so don't send calls to them the medical adjusters just handle the questions yourself or refer them to the vendor" Excuse me? We are not overworked? All of these extended leaves are people collecting disability because of burn out! And now they have event pay or overtime and I am being made to feel guilty for taking it. Every time I sign up I am told, "You have worked the most over time but your numbers aren't the best. What is up with that?" Well I am feeling burnt out but rather than leaving this company or taking a leave I am muddling through. Why are they offering the over time if they are going to make us feel guilty for taking it? Don't want to pay claims overtime after you admitted that you laid off too many people? Than hire more people!
OP is right. Now I get it that claims folks seem to have a monopoly on this board and that is understandable considering the impacts of the 2020 layoffs and how claims has been sh×t on and abused ever since but most in my area are quite happy and content with our jobs. But I 100% get why claims people feel the opposite. However claims does not speak for all of us. I would not give up my pay, benefits, PTO, work life balance, and role for anything at the moment. They say things are greener but that includes within the company as well. Claims folks need to look at other positions within the company. They are plentiful and they are good.
And Allstate has treated their claims associates the worst of all. These people should have been honored the most and they’ve been totally sh-t on.