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Principal Financial Group

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Principal Financial Group reviews

3.8

73% would recommend to a friend

(411 total reviews)
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Deanna Strable

79% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

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4.0
May 31, 2026

Good overall

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great work-life balance and culture. There’s a reason the turnover is low.

Cons

Pay is a little low.

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Principal Financial Group Response
1mo
Thank you for taking the time to provide this feedback. Your input is valuable as we work to improve as an employer.
1.0
May 11, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Days off around the holidays.

Cons

This place will push you to a psychiatrist. They underpay you while having 500+ in queue, they’ve outsourced their quality team so your metrics will suffer so they don’t have to give you a good bonus, they make you do mandatory overtime and don’t tell you until the last minute as if you don’t have a personal life. They block of certain months and won’t let you take your PTO and oh guess what if they don’t approve it and you still need the time off you get in trouble. I’ve never experience this type of horrible treatment in my LIFE!

4.0
May 6, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Remote. Friendly. You could learn more about AWS and Salesforce

Cons

Low pay. Old stack. Could stagnate

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Principal Financial Group Response
2mo
We appreciate you sharing your feedback. As a leader in retirement solutions and employee benefits, we strive to provide our employees with a competitive benefits package. Our global pay philosophy is guided by market-driven principles. and we leverage third-party market data to ensure our base salary and incentives remain appropriately competitive.
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