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Principal Financial Group

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Principal Financial Group reviews

3.8

71% would recommend to a friend

(2,584 total reviews)
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Deanna Strable

81% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Principal Financial Group has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,584 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
Oct 16, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

*There a some super smart and friendly people working at PFG that make the work experience fantastic. *Some interesting work if you can get into the right department/project.

Cons

*New software engineering employee on-boarding is awful across several departments/projects. *The tech debt is MASSIVE. *Your job satisfaction and opportunities to grow as an engineer are very dependent on the department your in, the team your on, your lead and your manager. *The work culture they promote is pretty much smoke and mirrors. *Salaries and benefit were shrinking while their profit were hitting all time highs. *There were some super smart and helpful engineers that want to see you succeed but there were also some that were smug, arrogant and seem to make working with them intentionally unbearable.

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2.0
Nov 5, 2023

Random CEO Acts

Recommend
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Pros

Lots opportunities for advancements. Some business units fully believe in work/life balance

Cons

Be prepared for random CEO dictates. Sometimes PFG is a collaborative management company and some times (and out of the blue) CEO Mandates will bring you back to old school management for no reason.

4.0
Sep 13, 2023

Changing culture

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

People are genuinely nice and willing to help build career.

Cons

Culture is changing and benefits are being taken away from employees little by little.

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