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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
2.0
Nov 30, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Principal has a good 401k platform, and they have some decent funds. If you sell life insurance and annuities, you can make some money. If you sell investments, you won't.

Cons

Principal takes no risk in their agents. You pay for everything and get a very low payout. You pay your rent, secretary, copier and all other expenses. They provide insurance and investments. They also don't match your 401k when you sell funds or other investments through their brokerage.

3.0
Sep 12, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

great history of service in the financial services arena, top 401k host in the USA, PFG has some great products

Cons

unbelievable regulatory burden that results in the typical employee spending a silly amount of time watching everything said, done or written with client interaction. this is common to most large financial services firms.

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