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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

68% 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
5.0
Mar 18, 2025

Office culture

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Manager and office culture is great. Lots of support outside of office. Starting salary, commission, and benefits for new advisors is competitive

Cons

No solid leads up to this point Insurance process is a little clunky but getting better

5.0
Mar 18, 2025

Work life balance

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent work life balance Paid Leaves + casual/festival leaves 5 day work Supportive leaders Less work load

Cons

Product support on rotation basis Sometime meetings after working hour

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Principal Financial Group Response
1y
Thanks for sharing your experience. We appreciate your feedback as it helps us to grow and improve.
1.0
Mar 16, 2025

Poor Management

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent PTO, WFH, and flexibility

Cons

Poor management, no opportunity for growth, low salary

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Principal Financial Group Response
1y
Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback. As a Principal employee, you set the tone for your career. While there's no "one size fits all" training solution, we offer a variety of opportunities for career growth and development. As a leading provider of retirement solutions and employee benefits, we offer our employees a competitive benefits package. One of our guiding principles of our global pay philosophy is to be market driven. This means that total pay is set and administered in alignment with the external labor markets in which we compete for talent. We use third-party market data to help ensure base salary and incentives are appropriately aligned. Your feedback is an important part of our growth as an employer.
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