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Principal Financial Group

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Principal Financial Group reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(2,592 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 2,592 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 21, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great people to work with and felt like a family

Cons

Very focus on matrix rather than personal growth within the company, failure to listen to the employee's and always working on SLA

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Principal Financial Group Response
1y
We appreciate your feedback and are very sorry to hear about your experience. Please know this information is invaluable for us as we continue to learn, grow and improve.
3.0
Mar 20, 2025

Used to be great

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

A relatively calm work environment

Cons

Hikes aren't as good as they used to be

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Principal Financial Group Response
1y
We appreciate you taking the time to share your perspective. The company's philosophy is to design and administer total pay in alignment with the external labor markets in which we compete for talent. Decisions about annual compensation changes are based on employee performance levels and business results.
4.0
Mar 20, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

relaxing job to do. Hybrid Model

Cons

3 days in office if within range of Office

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Principal Financial Group Response
1y
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience. We remain committed to flexibility and supporting a variety of work arrangements to help balance the value employees place on flexibility with the value of working together in person when and where we can.
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