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Principal Financial Group

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Principal Financial Group reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(2,588 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 2,588 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
4.0
Apr 2, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

This company provides excellent benefits like paid time off and volunteer time off. Has very flexible working hours and work from home opportunities. Decent pay.

Cons

Having enough staff can be difficult which results in lots of overtime which at long stretches can really be tough. Most of the simpler/easier work get's out-sourced putting lots of pressure on processors to learn higher skill tasks.

3.0
Mar 6, 2018

Business Analyst

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great Company -- been there for over 20 years. Great benefits

Cons

With the move to Agile, business analyst role is disappearing. Expectation is to get more technical.

1.0
Nov 10, 2017

Don't be an advisor here

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Eh, if you like to follow rather than think for yourself... Great. Join the mediocrity.

Cons

Training is pathetic. Management equally pathetic. They really only want advisors to sell proprietary products and not really do what's in the clients best interest. They WILL try to steal your clients if you move to a different firm. They DONT have to re license you as a broker, meaning you may have to leave your entire book of business behind. Nepotism runs rampant. Pressure if you don't sell enough Principal products. Mutual funds are mediocre, annuities below average, payouts not competitive, alot of expenses advisors are responsible for.

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