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Principal Financial Group

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No Deductible Healthcare Plan with Pension - Software Engineer Principal Financial Group Employee Review

5.0
Jan 28, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- WFH - Pension eligibility - 6% 401k match - No deductible healthcare plan for 80/month - Paid Internet for certain states - Paid gym membership

Cons

- Low yearly salary increase

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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 our unique work perks. 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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5.0
Jul 2, 2026
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Pros

Great worklife balance and flexible hours

Cons

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Principal Financial Group Response
1w
We appreciate your feedback! Hearing that you felt supported reinforces what we're proud of—the strong community we've built together.
3.0
Jul 8, 2026
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Pros

Great opportunity to start a career. You can legitamitely move throughout the company starting with this role.

Cons

Bad contact center environment. Back to back calls every day. They only discuss call times and never what leads to the numbers.

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Principal Financial Group Response
3d
Thank you for sharing your experience. Your feedback plays a vital role in helping us improve as an employer.
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