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Principal Financial Group

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Principal Financial Group reviews

3.8

71% would recommend to a friend

(2,584 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 2,584 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
4.0
Sep 25, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Everything Principal sells is top notch. Their own products or their outside network. The mutual fund family is excellent, life products are great, disability products are the best on the market and are widely sold by independents. 401k platform is the lowest cost on the market. Great benefits, corporate culture is excellent.

Cons

This industry is not for everyone. You need to have a 3 yr plan to make this job a career. If you do not have the backbone and connections to get you through the first 2 years, have a backup plan if the time comes to go elsewhere. Training of ok, but if you need help, like most of the companies in this industry, you need to go get it. Management will not come to you.

3.0
Sep 6, 2012

Overall, fair and ethical company.

Recommend
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Pros

Benefits; training; flexibility for a good work/life balance.

Cons

Pay isn't competitive for performance.

1.0
Sep 5, 2012

Horrible, one of the worst experiences of my career

Anonymous employee
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Pros

None! The pay that I have is actually a little better than what I expected

Cons

If you are not from within the company, you will be shunned Never thought that as a grown adult I would be bullied by coworkers No team environment, people are out to back stab you to get ahead

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