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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
3.0
Aug 30, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Large company with okay benefits. The people are fantastic. Work-life balance is pretty good as well. Good place to build if you're not in a hurry.

Cons

Low-level employees don't have as many opportunities to move around as advertised. Company over employees.

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Principal Financial Group Response
1y
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.
5.0
Aug 26, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits, great workplace, every team I have been on is very easy going and chill. You have to advocate for your advancement opportunities but if you do they respond

Cons

Can seem like unclear promotion requirements, and you have to push yourself to succeed

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Principal Financial Group Response
1y
Thank you for taking the time to write a thoughtful 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. Your feedback is an important part of our growth as an employer.
2.0
Aug 26, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The culture is great. I enjoy the people. Flexibility is good.

Cons

Low pay. The workload is heavy and lots of stress.

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Principal Financial Group Response
1y
We appreciate you taking the time to share your perspective. We're glad to hear you enjoy working with your team and our 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.
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