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Principal Financial Group

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Principal Financial Group reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(2,587 total reviews)
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Deanna Strable

81% approve of CEO

69% 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
2.0
Mar 9, 2026

They don't promote remote workers

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Pros

* Nice team members * Flexible work schedule

Cons

Growth and pay sucks. The CEO and upper management often have "townhalls" where they discuss employee concerns. Many times people bring up topics about low pay and guess what the answer was each time? "Leave if you want higher pay". They also do not promote remote workers to the senior level. Management keeps saying oh you need "this and that", despite doing exactly the "this and that" for 12-24+ months. The email that is sent out whenever there are promotions, only onsite local people get promoted to senior.

3.0
Nov 16, 2025

Not the organization it used to be

Anonymous employee
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Pros

CEO is a long time employee and is great. Great work/life balance.

Cons

recent external hires in leadership positions have been terrible. More recently, strategy seems heavily influenced by FOMO.

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Principal Financial Group Response
6mo
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience. At Principal, we seek to foster an innovative, inclusive, and collaborative culture. In that spirit, we encourage you to visit the HR Service Center to provide your feedback.
1.0
Oct 15, 2025

Not worth it

Anonymous employee
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Pros

loved the people I worked with, they were like family for years. Pay was good & benefits were good too.

Cons

Don’t plan on working here forever because they will find a way to cut costs for themselves and hire overseas. There is no loyalty for its employees. So many of us were let go because the wages overseas is cheaper. Just being honest.

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