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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

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 Finanzas industry (3.7 stars).

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3K reviews
2.0
Aug 23, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Low cost of living in Des Moines.

Cons

Long hours and the team you work on makes all the difference in overall job satisfaction.

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Principal Financial Group Response
1y
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience. At Principal, we seek to foster an innovative, inclusive, and collaborative culture. In that spirit we encourage you to visit the HR Service Center to provide your feedback.
4.0
Aug 22, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good company with many long time employees. Company has good loyalty and good culture.

Cons

Company moves slowly to make decisions.

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Principal Financial Group Response
1y
Thanks for sharing your perspective. We appreciate your feedback as it helps us to grow and improve.
4.0
Aug 22, 2024

Good employer

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I felt it's an employee friendly organization.

Cons

not very good pay scale

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Principal Financial Group Response
1y
We appreciate you taking the time to share your perspective. 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.
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