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Principal Financial Group

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Principal Financial Group reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(2,589 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 2,589 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
Dec 1, 2025

Good WLB mediocre pay

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good WLB allow FTO instead of PTO

Cons

Pay is not competitive, especially in the mid engineer level

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Principal Financial Group Response
6mo
Thank you for sharing your perspective. As a leading provider of retirement solutions and employee benefits, we offer our employees a competitive benefits package. One of the 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 utilize third-party market data to help ensure that base salaries and incentives are appropriately aligned.
4.0
Nov 30, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Strong work-life balance Great in office support Hybrid Work environments Good mentorship and development opportunities Fantastic health and retirement benefits

Cons

Multiple outdated work systems Increasing workloads with now room to hire more for relief Pushing for AI with no clear understanding of how it will make work more efficient

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Principal Financial Group Response
6mo
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience. We’re pleased to hear you appreciate our work culture, learning opportunities, and benefit offerings. Your feedback on work systems, workloads, and AI is an important part of our growth as an employer.
4.0
Nov 29, 2025

Company Review

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work culture, learning opportunity, technology enabled

Cons

Growth, Recognitions, appraisal process, management

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Principal Financial Group Response
6mo
Thank you for your feedback. We’re pleased to hear you appreciate our work culture, learning opportunities, and technology-driven environment. We recognize that career growth and recognition are essential for employee satisfaction. We continue to refine our performance and appraisal processes to ensure fairness and transparency. We encourage you to share specific suggestions with your leadership or through confidential feedback channels so we can keep improving.
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