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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
Aug 23, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Low cost of living in Des Moines.

Cons

Long hours and the team you work on makes all the difference in overall job satisfaction.

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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.
4.0
Aug 19, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

People first culture, good benefits, great 401k, reasonable pay for performance with some standards in place, lots of flexibility in when and where to work

Cons

Pay is not at the high end of industry, often trends towards IT and operations work instead of true software engineering

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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. We remain committed to flexibility and supporting a variety of work arrangements to help balance the value employees place on flexibility with the value of working together in person when and where we can.
4.0
Aug 1, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent collaborating work culture with no micro management

Cons

Low Salary with limited scope of financial growth

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Principal Financial Group Response
1y
We appreciate you taking the time to share your experience. 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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