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      Principal Financial Group

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      Principal Financial Group reviews

      3.8

      72% would recommend to a friend

      (2,595 total reviews)
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      Deanna Strable

      78% approve of CEO

      70% positive business outlook

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      Principal Financial Group has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,595 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
      5.0
      Oct 16, 2024

      Software Engineer II

      Software engineer ii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great benefits. Everyone I work with is encouraging and helpful

      Cons

      non. the culture is great and many opportunities for career growth

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      Principal Financial Group Response
      1y
      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.
      1.0
      Oct 16, 2024

      NA

      Retirement specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good benefits and environment, high salary

      Cons

      High salary, people are friendly

      3.0
      Oct 16, 2024

      Some good-some bad, but the good was not good enough.

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      *There a some super smart and friendly people working at PFG that make the work experience fantastic. *Some interesting work if you can get into the right department/project.

      Cons

      *New software engineering employee on-boarding is awful across several departments/projects. *The tech debt is MASSIVE. *Your job satisfaction and opportunities to grow as an engineer are very dependent on the department your in, the team your on, your lead and your manager. *The work culture they promote is pretty much smoke and mirrors. *Salaries and benefit were shrinking while their profit were hitting all time highs. *There were some super smart and helpful engineers that want to see you succeed but there were also some that were smug, arrogant and seem to make working with them intentionally unbearable.

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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 and read all Glassdoor reviews. In that spirit we encourage you to visit the HR Service Center to provide your feedback.
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