Data silos and legacy analytics limit data science ecosystem - Senior Data Scientist Allstate Employee Review

4.0
Jun 16, 2021
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Pros

Very easy going culture that is very flexible as long as your work is getting done and high quality. Tons of high quality peers and leaders to collaborate and work with. Allstate wants to be a leader in important areas such as diversity and inclusiveness. Allstate is okay with hybrid and remote roles.

Cons

Even when identified as top talent Allstate will not reward with fair market pay. As with many large legacy companies data quality, data engineering, and data governance for analytics is a mess. Leadership only focuses on the exciting potential data science applications and does not realize how poorly data and datasets are managed. Many projects are continuously delayed or eventually fail in production due to lack of commitment to proper data management resources. Decision science organization just wants to build a model, get credit, and then throw it over the wall for business areas to figure out how to maintain and automate. There is no accountability for the projects to still be adding value even a couple months after project completion.

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Cons

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Cons

- I haven't been micromanage this bad since working in a call center!!! - the tools you use to do your job feels like micromanagement. Its very slow moving as well. Every thing takes so long to load while you're trying to speed through your work. - you will receive an email about every single little thing you did wrong - you will not receive praise for anything - you will need to protect yourself by maintaining documentation of what was asked of you, because it will be later explained that it doesn't matter what was said, you should have researched it yourself (even when you're brand new). - when they are wronf about a reprimand they just gave you, don't expect a reply or an apology - they will make sudden changes that severely impacts your job at a moments notice and wonder why you are behind - I was advised a manageable workload is 20-30 claims. My whole team had 90+ claims. - The turn over rate is exceptionally high. Over the course of a year I started 7 people quit within. 3 additional people were fired. - you're going to beg for help and they aren't going to help you, and they are going to tell you that YOU are the problem. - currently, all the hires are being shielded from the hot mess. They are trying to change things by pushing all the people who suffered through the mess they created to put a positive spin on the job and I guess preserve moral. - the job itself wouldnt be difficult (because the work is relatively easy), but its VERY disorganized. You will feel like you work in a call center, but this time, you have to return voicemails, emails and text messages. - 2nd worse job experience in my entire life - AND THE PAY IS BELOW INDUSTTY STANDARDS!!! There are no bonuses.

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