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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).

Reviews by job title

3K reviews
4.0
Feb 28, 2022

Engineer

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, flexible time off

Cons

Leadership technical skills, unfair distribution of work

4.0
Jan 13, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Principal has great middle management leadership that offer flexibility and growth.

Cons

They only care about the stock price. Cutting benefits as fast as they can.

3.0
Oct 19, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Understood work life balance for the most part. Excellent benefits obviously. You did your work and left it at work.

Cons

There is no way up unless you were in the boys club. Annual review was a joke.

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