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Principal Financial Group

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Principal Financial Group reviews

3.8

71% would recommend to a friend

(2,585 total reviews)
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Deanna Strable

81% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Principal Financial Group has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,585 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
3.0
May 9, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

All of the fringe benefits are positive- Flexible in the hours you actually work, good food , healthy options and homemade options with on site cafe, good work out facility, decent benefits, clean working environment.

Cons

Management is cliquish, HR is sub-par, and the salary can be at the bottom of the range They are working on this in the claims department trying to bring up the pay to be on par with other claims departments in the area. If you are hired hourly you are expected to work 50 plus hours as needed. Which ends up being all the time. So the flexibility is just in the hours you work but you will actually be working all the time. Good if you just want to make money and have no life. Claim work is exhausting. It has a very high burnout rate and management does not have a clue on how to fix the problem- which seems simple HIRE more people and increase retention of the employees you already have, by treating them better! Career opportunities are non existent in the Claim department.

3.0
Jan 7, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good people throughout the company. Middle management tries to take care of employees but to senior management, it is all about the bottom line.

Cons

Typical publicly traded company. The executive team only cares about shareholders. They can't figure out how to manage. They hire like crazy one year then lay people of the next.

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