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Hi everyone, interview for entry level Allstate claims position. Should I take it being 3 business days since my final interview and no offer. The interviewer said to give it a week and that she was gna give my info to hiring manager to review, but I thought she was the hiring manager since this was the 2 interview outside internal recruiter interview. i sent a thank you email the day after. But i don’t know i thought it was a good interview. Allstate
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Uhhhhhhh..... I'm on workers compensation defense. I think, like anything, there are pros and cons. Here's a long description a little about both sides.
PRO: I find that compared to other law it is relatively low risk mentally - there's less stress if you lose a case you're going to cost someone their life like in criminal law or cost business a ton of money like in civil litigation -
However, it's heavy volume work. We get paid one of the lowest rates in all industries per hour. You can still get yourself a decent salary but you are likely to work more than your counterparts especially compared to applicant side. BUT there is definitely a chance for work-life balance especially if you're on the applicant side and a heavy amount of flexibility for you on the defense side.
The law itself is very lax. There are a few deadlines and even those deadlines are kind of spongy because judges have a lot of discretion. The law also heavily favors the applicant's side meaning you will likely lose a lot on the defense side.
Practically... It can be a lot of CONs: you're going to be dealing with a lot of attorneys that just do not have any tact. You'll also deal heavily with hearing reps and many of them don't understand the law and that can be very frustrating. I find that you will deal with the majority of people who also have no respect for the law - and who aren't likely very bright. If you end up handling liens it's so much work and so much knowledge for absolutely little to no respect and you deal with lien claimants that are just glorified collections and scammers.
On the defense side you're also going to deal with adjusters and clients that expect miracles but don't want to pay you miracle money. You're going to be expected to work very fast and do heavy amount of volume but still get results which is almost impossible.
It's very hard to be both an excellent attorney on this side and a volume attorney. When you have to do that much volume sometimes quality suffers. And if your quality doesn't suffer then you do.
On applicant side you're going to be dealing with the applicants who also expect crazy results like hundreds of thousands of dollars for next to no injury. They don't understand that workers compensation is a separate body of law and not like civil litigation. They are often uneducated and greedy.
Random Pros:
On applicant side you might get the opportunity once in a while to help someone who genuinely was injured and really need your help and that can be very fulfilling.
On defense side you might actually find smoking guns every once in awhile and to win every once in awhile and catch someone doing something really fraudulent and that can also be very fulfilling. Sometimes you get the opportunity to make a creative argument and do big things and if you take the opportunities presented to you when they come to you and don't be lazy all of that can be very fulfilling under the law.
HUGE PRO:
Most of the law is over the phone. Most hearings are teleconference. Except for Charles an expedited hearings that will be in person you can do much of the work from home or from inside of your office.
Relax nature of the law lends itself to huge amounts of flexibility and leniency. This is great if you have health issues or if you have things that you need to get done with your family.
If you're lucky you'll get a client that really ends up liking you and you guys can build a great relationship together and be with each other for years and work with the gestures that you build a relationship with.
And like in any law if you find the right environment you'll have coworkers and plenty of time to have fun with them on either defense side or applicant side.
Once in awhile you get opposing cancel that get it. They are intelligent and no bullshit people and you guys come together and resolve cases. That can also be very satisfying.
Happy to answer questions... Good luck!
I think that’s a pretty good income, what state do you practice in?
The claims will be interesting and sometimes hilariously off the wall… also, you’ll wonder how college sports exist…oh and that if your company is named Uber you basically get to ignore workers comp laws…