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Principal Financial Group

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Principal Financial Group reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(2,589 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 2,589 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
1.0
Aug 1, 2024

Horrible experience

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pay was good and hybrid work and nice.

Cons

My manager was the worst! He mislead and mismanaged my entire experience. He should not be allowed to manage others.

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Principal Financial Group Response
1y
We appreciate your feedback and are very sorry to hear about your experience. If there is anything else you’d like to share, you can anonymously report through the Ethics Hotline (1-866-858-4433) or the Unethical or Fraudulent Activity Reporting form: https://secure.ethicspoint.com/domain/media/en/gui/54514/index.html.
4.0
Aug 1, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent collaborating work culture with no micro management

Cons

Low Salary with limited scope of financial growth

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Principal Financial Group Response
1y
We appreciate you taking the time to share your experience. 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.
4.0
Aug 1, 2024

Work experience

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great company to work in all terms.

Cons

Nothing major all policies are employe centric.

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