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Principal Financial Group

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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

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
5.0
Mar 1, 2016
Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

Extremely flexible work environment--I can work from home when the weather is bad and it's unsafe to travel or if I'm not feeling well, which is a huge plus. You can also work in a variety of places on-campus besides just your desk--lots of cool collaborative spaces, and my favorite is the art gallery. Great coworkers and great people who love what they do and care about doing what's best for customers. Good benefits and fair compensation for your experience. Senior leaders are very open and approachable and willing to answer questions--I've had at least 3 opportunities to network or attend Q&A sessions in the 9 months I've been here so far.

Cons

At this point, I honestly have none. I've had the best possible first "real" job experience a person could ask for. I suppose we still need to catch up with better technology tools in some places but that's always a work in progress.

1.0
Feb 28, 2016

Good company but doesn't pay employees well

Anonymous employee
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CEO approval
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Pros

Overall good company to work for. Offer good work life balance and good benefits. Provides good career advancement as well.

Cons

Don't expect to earn what you are worth they don't reward employees for hard work they only reward the senior executives and ignore the hard working everyday employees.

4.0
Feb 26, 2016

Work life balance

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

work life balance for female employees

Cons

most of the senior leaders grow here so they not knowledge about outer world, no work from home, very conservative attitude of leaders.

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