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Principal Financial Group

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Principal Financial Group reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(2,591 total reviews)
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Deanna Strable

79% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Principal Financial Group has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,591 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
Jul 28, 2015

Good

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Employee Friendly and good Work Culture

Cons

No Onsite opportunities and no work from home facility

4.0
Jul 21, 2015

Financial Advisor

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Principal offers a great deal of flexibility and independence. Advisors are allowed to build their practices largely as they see fit. The comp structure is very competitive and the benefits are very good. This is largely like owning your own financial planning practice with the corporate benefits that come for working with a large institutions.

Cons

The comp structure is good, but it is very complex. It is unnecessarily so in my opinion. The technology, while improving, is significantly deficient when put next to large firms. The technology costs can also be a bit imposing for new employees. Principal offers virtually nothing to its own advisors that is does not wholesale through to the advisors at the wire houses.

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