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Principal Financial Group

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Principal Financial Group Software Developer reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(203 total reviews)
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Deanna Strable

72% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated Principal Financial Group with 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 203 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Principal Financial Group is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Finanzas industry (3.7 stars).

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203 reviews
2.0
Mar 14, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible, nice teammates, work can be a learning opportunity to grow skills.

Cons

Pay is subpar, management is opaque, find the right team otherwise you will start to ponder what on earth you're doing there, weird feedback system.

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Principal Financial Group Response
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We appreciate you taking the time to share your experience. Feedback like yours enables us to grow and get better.
4.0
Mar 11, 2026

Company feedback

Recommend
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Pros

Work-life balance, flexible working hours

Cons

Low Appraisal, untimely promotions, doesn’t value employee

2.0
Mar 9, 2026

They don't promote remote workers

Recommend
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Pros

* Nice team members * Flexible work schedule

Cons

Growth and pay sucks. The CEO and upper management often have "townhalls" where they discuss employee concerns. Many times people bring up topics about low pay and guess what the answer was each time? "Leave if you want higher pay". They also do not promote remote workers to the senior level. Management keeps saying oh you need "this and that", despite doing exactly the "this and that" for 12-24+ months. The email that is sent out whenever there are promotions, only onsite local people get promoted to senior.

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