Thread regarding Allstate Corp. layoffs

What customers are saying

Customers tell me that they don’t like:

  • not being able to understand customer service reps, due to their accents and the language barrier
  • how hard it is to get help from someone capable of solving the problem. They report spending hours making repeated calls or chatting for help, or being transferred repeatedly.
  • being forced to go through a robot first
  • being unable to reach their agents, or being transferred by the robot to their agent when the agent told them to call allstate for help

Basically all of these pain points are the result of cost cutting measures.

I would say more, but it would expose more about what part of the org I work in, and I don’t trust Allstate not to retaliate against me.

My team recently provided feedback on the Allstate Asks survey about things going to he-l. I would not be surprised if we were suddenly laid off.

Not a good time to be an Allstater, from where I sit. There have been some decisions from middle and senior managers that are harmful to people’s well-being. As usual, Performance Reviews this time of year is an absolute joke. Not because ratings are lower than they need to be, per se, but after almost another year of practically zero performance management, it’s time to check a box and give people thoughtless reviews that serve as the last word on job performance. No negotiation.

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Post ID: @OP+1vvc8I1L

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Thank you Allstate … I hope my new boss understands my job and me.

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Post ID: @14mr+1vvc8I1L

Allsnake treats their customers about as well as they treat their employees. My manager is also the biggest mo--n I've ever had the misfortune of working under in my 50 years of living

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Post ID: @4feu+1vvc8I1L

I hear it often “when my claim is closed I’m finding another I insurance company. Allstate is very expensive and I do not understand the reason”

I am always so tempted to say I don’t know the reason either

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Post ID: @4hjc+1vvc8I1L

I’m old enough to remember when Allstate tied the 401k match to the Net Promoter Score. Shockingly, that always meant we got less of a 401k match. As much as Allstate tries to tell you differently, customers like their agent not Allstate.

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Post ID: @4tns+1vvc8I1L

Yeah...get with the times. Customer service and satisfaction mean nothing anymore. Companies aren't built on a customer base willing to purchase their products and the service that should go along with them. No, companies are built on outsourcing to cheap, unskilled in labor in 3rd world toilets. With the added bonus that those companies get to pander to sloppy thinking DEI mouth breathers who think that a reduced standard in customer service is somehow 'our strength. Who cares what those pesky consumers think as long as the money/pandering train keeps rolling. 'cuz we're big dogs after all.

Instead of demonstrating any kind of courage and just getting rid of DEI altogether, as so many companies are doing, once again Allstate is years behind and they're doubling and tripling down. When you have management composed of chicken cartilage, the customer ultimately doesn't matter. Because our bonus checks are at the center of everything we do.

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Post ID: @3btz+1vvc8I1L

@etz+1vvc8I1L I don’t use lots of ????, boyo.

Sounds like OP doesn’t like inclusion and diversity. It is our strength. Methinks someone could use some DEI training. May I suggest a 2 hour long module with unskipable videos and quizzes? You have 3 days to complete and you for sure ain’t getting no time to do it, boyo. Youre continued employed is contingent on it!

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Post ID: @2cov+1vvc8I1L

I regularly get calls where the first words out of people’s mouths are “thank god you speak english”. Can’t even acknowledge it because the calls are recorded. Allstate knows the customer base isn’t happy with it but it lines their pockets so it’ll only get worse

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Post ID: @1fjv+1vvc8I1L

Countdown until the Allstate sympathizer who likes to use "boyo" and "big dogs" and uses a lot of ???????? to come on to post how great Allsnake is....

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Post ID: @etz+1vvc8I1L

It’s only going to get worse. It looks like the whole back office is being outsourced. We probably won’t make it to the first of the year before we are let go. Every day more and more functions are sent to Mexico. We are literally training our replacements.

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