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      Principal Financial Group

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      Principal Financial Group reviews

      3.8

      71% would recommend to a friend

      (2,587 total reviews)
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      Deanna Strable

      81% approve of CEO

      68% positive business outlook

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      4.0

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.9

      Culture & values

      3.7

      Compensation and benefits

      3.6

      Career opportunities

      3.4

      Senior management

      Principal Financial Group has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,587 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 2, 2014

      Not for "go getters"

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      IT Specific: Some parts of the company are surely "OK". However, you may spend 20 years trying to find that area that fits you. It is nice being downtown with access to the skywalks. Generally, nobody tries to micromanage you.

      Cons

      IT Specific: If you can do lots of things, don't bother here. They want people to be "siloed" and focus on your one tiny piece. Then you can fight the layers upon layers of nonsense to get any little thing done. There are so many redundant groups full of way too many people. The company is not nimble, and they have meetings upon meetings over discussing how things should be done.

      3.0
      Mar 17, 2014

      NEVER AGAIN

      Individual investor specialist ii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      The pay was competitive for the area.

      Cons

      It was hard to be recognized as a valuable employee. When you're one among hundreds of call center reps you just become a small person in a big crowd. It never felt like management actually cared about you as an employee - only your call handling time, soft sale numbers, and pitches for other products mattered. There was no support for our teams during the largest recession in recent history. We dealt with unhappy customers, folks losing their jobs, trying to cash out their retirement plans just to make ends meet..it was depressing and management couldn't or wouldn't recognize the effort the ee's went through.

      2.0
      Jan 21, 2013

      Some good, some bad

      Senior client transaction tech
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Mostly good people to work with.

      Cons

      They keep taking things away that made it a great place to work. They say that they offer telecommuting and the opportunity to change your hours as needed. But that's not true. Also they do not offer changes for advancement as much as they say they do. Knew many people stuck in the same job for 20 years. I was there for five and could not get moved to a more challenging position.

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