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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
Jun 24, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible work schedules for non call center employees. Flat organizational structure in IT gives everyone a voice. Benefits have been recently cut but would still rate them as slightly above average. The people you work with are generally smart, nice, and fun to work with. On site fitness centers.

Cons

Flat organizational structure in IT limits advancement opportunities at a point just below management level. At that point, your career becomes a job. Heavy process in some IT units limits productivity. In some areas a lot of red tape needs to be cut to get things done. There are priority committees for the priority committees that then need to talk to priority committees at the organization level. Salary is below average in the Des Moines market. Company tries to make up for it wih flexible schedules and offerring a good work/life balance . However, if you spend your time working on dashboard projects you may find it hard to maintain a work/life blance.

2.0
Apr 12, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits are good Flexibility is great Encourage you to volunteer in your community

Cons

Salary and merits are low compared to other companies Management experience

3.0
Mar 29, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

If you get in the right area of the company, there are wonderful leaders and senior management that truly care and reward you for what you give. Not the IT area IMO. Very difficult to get anything accomplished or done, lack of organization, no follow through.

Cons

They used to hold my respect. They don't any more. When they switched from a Mutal Company to a Stock Company they stopped caring about employee and only care about their stock price.

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