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Principal Financial Group

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Principal Financial Group reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(2,590 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 2,590 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
Sep 14, 2024

Great employer culture could use some work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits, relatively competitive pay, and amazing people.

Cons

Culture feels like a lot of talk, but very little follow-through on the taking care of people aspect and the change to keep up with the times aspect.

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Principal Financial Group Response
1y
Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback. We're invested in building the best possible experience for our employees. In that spirit we encourage you to visit the HR Service Center to provide your feedback.
4.0
Sep 10, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great people and culture. Love the team I work with

Cons

Doesn’t do well compensating current employees during review season.

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Principal Financial Group Response
1y
Thanks for sharing your experience. We're glad to hear you enjoy working with your team and enjoy the culture at Principal. We're invested in building the best possible experience for our employees. 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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