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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

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 9, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I did go through a training program and I appreciate that. Okay benefits, low wages.

Cons

No hope for advancement unless you are in good with the management team. The pay is low and they wont let you apply for jobs within the company that are more than one notch above where you are currently at. It is not a family friendly place if you are one of the many low level employees. It apparently is family friendly if you are a high level employee, and get all kinds of perks. Middle managers think they are God....It was only after I left and was at another job that I realized how suffocated I was at PFG.

1.0
Feb 12, 2013

Worse place I have ever worked

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits were the only positive thing I had while employed there

Cons

Horrible management. They talk down to you and bully you. The HR dept seems to only be there to support the managers.

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