Principal Financial Group reviews

No hope for advancement unless you are in good with the management team. The pay is low and they wont let you apply for jobs within the company that are more than one notch above where you are currently at. It is not a family friendly place if you are one of the many low level employees. It apparently is family friendly if you are a high level employee, and get all kinds of perks. Middle managers think they are God....It was only after I left and was at another job that I realized how suffocated I was at PFG.

-Each dept is run COMPLETELY different -Numerous people in roles they are not qualified for or have 0 experience in -promotions and salary are based on time at PFG, not your skill set or performance; hard to get a fair look when wanting to change areas, pigeon holed to same area for long time unless VP/C level. A lot of people in same role/area for 10+ yrs. get title promotions is all! -people can just hide behind monitor or not be at desk and float by -Mgmt makes up meetings so they don't have to work, pass off tasks to those below, Mgmt does very little, just talk about things and do nothing -people are ask to meetings they have no business being in; politics and kissing! -culture is promoted but it is not the best; a lot of talk but no walk -Downtown traffic and not much for attractions -Remodel is going to take a long time and cause a lot of headaches -dining is expensive