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      Principal Financial Group

      Engaged Employer

      Principal Financial Group reviews

      3.8

      72% would recommend to a friend

      (2,594 total reviews)
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      Deanna Strable

      78% approve of CEO

      70% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Principal Financial Group has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,594 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
      1.0
      Jan 11, 2025

      Worst Culture by New India Head

      Delivery manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Free Cab service is there

      Cons

      1. Absolute Bad management. New india head is turning company from Product company to Call center company. 2. No employee importance at all. Empathy word is removed from the PGS dictionary. 3. No Growth for senior leaders. 4. Top leaders are CA background and adamant folks. They don't understand software delivery and unfairly treat teams and leaders. 5. Organisations had great people centric culture before but new india head has destroyed it. No wonder this PGS will see all time low performance in coming year. 6. Instead of promoting Internal leaders who are with company from 15 20 years; external lateral hiring is done. 7. India head stopped organisation’s annual function itself gives a very strong indication of mindset. 8. From 2025 they also installed monitoring tools on employee laptop which makes them micromanaging organisations.

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      Principal Financial Group Response
      1y
      Thank you for sharing your feedback. PGS believes in transparent leadership and all actions and decisions are taken with the consensus of global business leaders. We encourage you to reach to your PGS business leader to clarify any questions or concerns you may have. If there is anything else you’d like to share, you can anonymously report through the Ethics Hotline (1-866-858-4433) or the Unethical or Fraudulent Activity Reporting form: https://secure.ethicspoint.com/domain/media/en/gui/54514/index.html.
      5.0
      Jan 10, 2025

      Amazing Company

      Relationship manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great management support, great pay, licensing encouragement, educational opportunities

      Cons

      Lots of self study to left on

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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 working with your team members and our unique work perks.
      3.0
      Jan 5, 2025

      Somewhat toxic these days

      Product manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Flexible, teammates are awesome. Every day has variety.

      Cons

      Every thing is measured. This dilutes the power of the stats. Failure or mistakes are risky.

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      Principal Financial Group Response
      1y
      Thank you for taking the time to share your experience. At Principal, we seek to foster an innovative, inclusive, and collaborative culture. In that spirit we encourage you to visit the HR Service Center to provide your feedback.
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