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Principal Financial Group

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Principal Financial Group reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(2,591 total reviews)
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Deanna Strable

79% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Principal Financial Group has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,591 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Principal Financial Group employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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3K reviews
3.0
Apr 9, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible schedule and work arrangements - (work from home, etc.) Great technology Opportunities to advance if you work in certain locations

Cons

The culture at Principal has evolved over the years. Principal has great technology, but they try too hard to be all things to all customers. There are too many products and services to try to keep straight. Tons of great tools, but how great are they if clients are not using them? There's too little proactive instruction on the tools and services. Leadership is spread too thin and they are hands off/out of touch with what their team is doing. Leaders don't have time to listen to or act upon feedback from their team. Training at Principal has also changed. Very vague training and if there is, it's canned, overly broad and there's very little opportunity to ask questions or figure out how to apply it to your role.

4.0
Feb 15, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great culture of nice people. Take good care of employees including great benefits and flexibility. Seemed very ethical. Great fitness facilities.

Cons

Pretty deep roots in traditions and lots of tenure. Makes for a slow moving environment and lots of very established processes that are hard to change. Not always a bad thing but can be frustrating.

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