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Principal Financial Group

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Principal Financial Group reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(2,595 total reviews)
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Deanna Strable

78% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Principal Financial Group has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,595 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
4.0
Feb 28, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible, good benefits, leadership responsive to thoughts, great coworkers

Cons

Subpar pay, out of touch C Suite, chronically understaffed

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Principal Financial Group Response
1y
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We appreciate hearing about your personal experience and are glad to learn that you enjoy working with your team members and our unique work perks. As a leading provider of retirement solutions and employee benefits, we offer our employees a competitive benefits package. One of our guiding principles of our global pay philosophy is to be market driven. This means that total pay is set and administered in alignment with the external labor markets in which we compete for talent. We use third-party market data to help ensure base salary and incentives are appropriately aligned.
3.0
Feb 27, 2025

It tech 2

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good place to work in the IT field

Cons

No cons that come to mind

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Principal Financial Group Response
1y
We appreciate your note; it’s so helpful and reaffirming for us as we strive to create the best possible experience for our employees.
5.0
Feb 25, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, paid adequately. Great coworkers and team.

Cons

Too much work not enough people.

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Principal Financial Group Response
1y
Thanks for sharing your perspective. We're invested in building the best possible experience for our employees and appreciate your feedback on workload as it helps us to grow and improve.
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