Allstate Corp. cuts 109 information technology jobs

Allstate Corp. , the nation's biggest publicly traded home and auto insurer, is cutting 109 information technology jobs, its second round of layoffs in the Northbrook area in about two years and the first under ...

[Allstate employee]

If 109 jobs are lost because Tom Wilson cooks, heaven forbid that he should also clean house!

[Ex Allstate Employee]

Or maybe if the Senior Management team would take a 20% cut in their salaries and bonus payouts. That would raise the bottom line for sure. It is talent like Liddy and Wilson that ran Sears in to the ground.

[adam hartung]

The headline is wrong on this story. The news isn't that 109 are expected to lose their jobs. The news is that Allstate is Disrupting its old practices by implementing 80/20 from ITW. ITW just happens to be one of the most long-term successful companies in America - and a great example of how a company focuses on the future rather than the past. Kudos to Allstate leadership for not fearing Disruptions, and taking these kinds of actions to open employee minds for new ways of getting work done as the company repositions itself for the future. Read more at http://wwwThePhoenixPrinciple.com

[Mark Haut]

ITW - why don't you take a look at their performance now. Not really a model for anyone...