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Principal Financial Group

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Principal Financial Group Software Engineer -2 reviews

4.0

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Deanna Strable

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2 reviews
4.0
Jul 24, 2025
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Pros

Obviously team dependent but great work life balance, great benefits, "unlimited" pto, and paid parental leave.

Cons

Management relies heavily on consulting firms to make decisions and do not listen to their engineers that are boots on the ground.

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Principal Financial Group Response
12mo
We appreciate you taking the time to share your experience. Your feedback is an important part of our growth as an employer.
4.0
Aug 5, 2024
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Pros

Good company culture. Pretty laid back. Good work-life balance

Cons

Work could be monotonous sometimes. I build API's so that can get repetitive. Pay is low compared to other comparable companies

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Principal Financial Group Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your experience. We appreciate hearing about your personal experience and are glad to learn that you enjoy the culture and work-life balance at Principal. 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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