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Principal Financial Group

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Principal Financial Group reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(2,590 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 2,590 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
3.0
Sep 11, 2025

Great work environment for a price

Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of opportunity for growth. Very good work-life balance.

Cons

The environment at the company depends heavily on which team you are on. The pay IS below average for some roles. They use a 3rd party company for their salary data. The data from the 3rd party seems to be flawed or manipulated for some roles, as it is known that the pay is less than similar roles at other companies. They seem to just use it as an excuse to pay employees less because the data is kept from the employees intentionally.

4.0
Sep 10, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good for beginners and good work experience.

Cons

No workstation setup and flexibility

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Principal Financial Group Response
9mo
Thank you for sharing your feedback. Regarding the workstation setup, employees follow a rotational schedule, and shared workspaces are designed to accommodate everyone effectively. Our hybrid model of three days in-office—aims to balance collaboration with flexibility.
3.0
Sep 9, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It’s a great work life balance

Cons

Pay could be more. Below average

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Principal Financial Group Response
9mo
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 use third-party market data to help ensure base salary and incentives are appropriately aligned.
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