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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
5.0
Jan 29, 2016

PFG

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible schedule, work environment, great co-workers, opportunity to work with others.

Cons

None at this time. Thanks.

5.0
Jan 28, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The people, the work we do, the culture, and benefits make this a great place to work. Fantastic new workspaces that are bright open and create collaboration.

Cons

just like any large company it sometimes takes a while to make necessary changes/improvements

1.0
Jan 28, 2016

Broker Dealer Services

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, great management (Princor BDS), they are knowledgeable in all areas and if they will go above and beyond to find any answers that they don't have themselves. They support your growth, listen and actually APPLY feedback from their employees and fight for their teams to upper management if changes need to be made. Employees are treated like adults (as opposed to competitor companies in the DSM area). There was quite the opportunity for growth and positive encouragement from management if the choice was made to leave the department. The company does a lot (in my opinion) to show appreciation and gratitude for employees. My co-workers were all on the same page and there to get the job done & ease the workload. Opportunity for overtime depending on the workload. I would work here again & recommend the company to others. Granted this was just my experience with Princor BDS & I can't speak for other areas but the department I was in was a group of warriors all the way to middle management and they made it an enjoyable experience to work for Principal.

Cons

No cons to Broker-Dealer Services at all. Overall, the company has a corporate feel, you can get lost in it if you don't truly understand where your department fits in. Upper management could maybe stand to listen to ideas of middle management or new employees to the company & needs to be quicker at applying changes once a decision has been made to do so but other than that...

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