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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

      Ratings by demographic groups

      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).

      Reviews by job title

      3K reviews
      4.0
      Feb 28, 2025

      Solid Place Start

      Retirement benefits analyst
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Flexible, good benefits, leadership responsive to thoughts, great coworkers

      Cons

      Subpar pay, out of touch C Suite, chronically understaffed

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      Principal Financial Group Response
      1y
      Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We appreciate hearing about your personal experience and are glad to learn that you enjoy working with your team members and our unique work perks. As a leading provider of retirement solutions and employee benefits, we offer our employees a competitive benefits package. One of our guiding principles of our global pay philosophy is to be market driven. This means that total pay is set and administered in alignment with the external labor markets in which we compete for talent. We use third-party market data to help ensure base salary and incentives are appropriately aligned.
      1.0
      Feb 27, 2025

      Working on 100% micro management

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Cab facilities, work time flexible till now

      Cons

      No work life balance, work time exceeds to 12+ hours

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      Principal Financial Group Response
      1y
      Thank you for your feedback. Leaders at all levels have an open door policy and we encourage you to reach out for a transparent dialogue to address your concerns.
      5.0
      Feb 27, 2025

      Good to work

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Best work life balance here

      Cons

      Hikes are not that great

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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.
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