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Principal Financial Group

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Principal Financial Group reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(2,579 total reviews)
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Deanna Strable

82% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Principal Financial Group has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,579 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
Dec 5, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Solid management and good people

Cons

Lower end of pay and low growth opportunity

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Principal Financial Group Response
5mo
Thank you for sharing your perspective. As a leading provider of retirement solutions and employee benefits, we offer our employees a competitive benefits package. One of the 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
Dec 4, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good people, flexible and good benefits

Cons

Big company so hard to find right areas

4.0
Dec 1, 2025

Good WLB mediocre pay

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good WLB allow FTO instead of PTO

Cons

Pay is not competitive, especially in the mid engineer level

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Principal Financial Group Response
6mo
Thank you for sharing your perspective. As a leading provider of retirement solutions and employee benefits, we offer our employees a competitive benefits package. One of the 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 utilize third-party market data to help ensure that base salaries and incentives are appropriately aligned.
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