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Principal Financial Group

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Principal Financial Group reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(2,593 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 2,593 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 18, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible schedule Left alone for a majority of the day Decent pay decent vacation time

Cons

Management is overbearing Micromanages everything you do Had way to many people that you "report" too

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Thank you for sharing your experience. We appreciate your feedback as it helps us to grow and improve.
2.0
Mar 18, 2025

Its alright

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Good place to learn cross platform tech + skillsets, you can grow professionally - Friendly supportive engineers, can learn a lot from them - WLB is ok

Cons

- Below market pay - Endless meetings that hinder work time - Bureaucratic at times to get something done - A lot of tech debt - Job satisfaction is so-so, felt micro managed, team politics are blatant, unethical management was there - Feels like a revolving door

5.0
Mar 18, 2025

Office culture

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Manager and office culture is great. Lots of support outside of office. Starting salary, commission, and benefits for new advisors is competitive

Cons

No solid leads up to this point Insurance process is a little clunky but getting better

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