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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
Apr 2, 2014

Not for "go getters"

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Pros

IT Specific: Some parts of the company are surely "OK". However, you may spend 20 years trying to find that area that fits you. It is nice being downtown with access to the skywalks. Generally, nobody tries to micromanage you.

Cons

IT Specific: If you can do lots of things, don't bother here. They want people to be "siloed" and focus on your one tiny piece. Then you can fight the layers upon layers of nonsense to get any little thing done. There are so many redundant groups full of way too many people. The company is not nimble, and they have meetings upon meetings over discussing how things should be done.

2.0
Apr 2, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Good to place to work for women in IT. They ensure a high percentage of women leadership. Total compensation package is good.

Cons

Integrity of upper management and leaders in departments is suspect. Career advancement and Salary is too dependent on cronyism and favorites. Low performance is tolerated and hard work is not necessarily rewarded.

2.0
Apr 2, 2014

Fixing in Interviews

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Pros

Nothing as such. Only good pay on initial recruitment. Good life balance.

Cons

Candidates referred by employees are getting selected even though they are not possessing required skills and good candidates are thrown out just to make room for references. Spouses and friends are being brought who are actually not worth than just trash. Specifically BA team.

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