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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
3.0
Nov 16, 2025

Not the organization it used to be

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

CEO is a long time employee and is great. Great work/life balance.

Cons

recent external hires in leadership positions have been terrible. More recently, strategy seems heavily influenced by FOMO.

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Principal Financial Group Response
6mo
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.
1.0
Oct 15, 2025

Not worth it

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

loved the people I worked with, they were like family for years. Pay was good & benefits were good too.

Cons

Don’t plan on working here forever because they will find a way to cut costs for themselves and hire overseas. There is no loyalty for its employees. So many of us were let go because the wages overseas is cheaper. Just being honest.

1.0
Jul 31, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Average market salary. Good work culture and engagement. Flexible health benefits

Cons

They recently have cancelled their wfh. While its common for many other companies they are making things very rigid. You have to be in office for 3 days even if you take a day off in a week. You can not take wfo in festival or anything. This is destroying once flexible and great work culture and people wanna move out.

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Principal Financial Group Response
10mo
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Our approach to flexibility continues to evolve to balance employee preferences with the value of in-person collaboration. We offer three days a week of work from the office, combining hybrid work practices, and are aligned with our global and industry standards.
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