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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
3.0
Mar 7, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Salary is competitive in most roles (compared to large markets) -PTO and general benefits are great, best I've seen or had -Plenty of non work functions; cheap tickets, socials, etc -Several gyms and locker rooms(very outdated though but are about to remodel), Upper Mgmt is proactive with health -dining options

Cons

-Each dept is run COMPLETELY different -Numerous people in roles they are not qualified for or have 0 experience in -promotions and salary are based on time at PFG, not your skill set or performance; hard to get a fair look when wanting to change areas, pigeon holed to same area for long time unless VP/C level. A lot of people in same role/area for 10+ yrs. get title promotions is all! -people can just hide behind monitor or not be at desk and float by -Mgmt makes up meetings so they don't have to work, pass off tasks to those below, Mgmt does very little, just talk about things and do nothing -people are ask to meetings they have no business being in; politics and kissing! -culture is promoted but it is not the best; a lot of talk but no walk -Downtown traffic and not much for attractions -Remodel is going to take a long time and cause a lot of headaches -dining is expensive

1.0
Mar 3, 2013

Not at all good company to work with; One of the STUPID company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

* Salary is the only reason to join this company * If you are lucky, you dont need to work at all and you will get all the benefits.

Cons

It's about Pune Division * Bad work culture * You can be fired at any time (it happened with 2 of my friends) * No job security at all * In a same team, few people will have * this company should be your last option

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