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      Principal Financial Group

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      Principal Financial Group reviews

      3.8

      72% would recommend to a friend

      (2,587 total reviews)
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      Deanna Strable

      81% approve of CEO

      69% positive business outlook

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      Principal Financial Group has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,587 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
      Jan 14, 2009

      PFG is just alright with me.

      Anonymous employee
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      CEO approval
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      Pros

      pay and benifits, some of the people are ver nice to work with. There are a lot of good people there. The work out facilities are nice as well as the onsite places to eat.

      Cons

      in the current economic times its difficult to move anywhere in the company. I'm sure this is the case at a lot of similar firms. Working downtown des moines is annoying, traffic isn't fun. There are a lot of poliltics that need to be played at principal there, too much red tape that needs to be cut to get anything accomplished. It would be so much better if you didn't have to worry about every little HR detail with everything.

      5.0
      Jan 10, 2009

      Great company, great people, leader in the retirement industry

      vice president sales
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      great senior management leadership, great products, award winning service, excellent total compensation package. There is reason why so many people at PFG have 20 plus years with the company

      Cons

      too much middle management, need more people from the outside, not enough product development, improve incentives for service team

      3.0
      Dec 10, 2008

      Great place to work - if you're in finance!

      Graphic designer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Decent benefits, most managers are fairly flexible about time off, plenty of social type groups.

      Cons

      You are a number, that's it. Unless your degree is finance related you are a nobody. Graphic designers are not used to their capabilities, but as mere monkeys to carry-out poorly planned design strategies by (essentially) sales people.

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