Major disappointment given its reputation - Recensione dipendente - Dipendente anonimo presso Principal Financial Group

2,0
31 mag 2019
Dipendente anonimo
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

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Onsite free gym Most members of the IT team were great to work with

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Please note: all of my experience was with the PGI group within Principal. Can't speak to any other groups. Toxic work environment. Management was pretty clueless about how to implement the cloud strategy. They want to move EVERYTHING to the cloud; not just that, but they want to move it to an different RDBMS system. They want to do this without providing any kind of meaningful training; the expectation seems to be the employees should spend their own personal time learning the cloud environment, while keeping up with their existing responsibilities. Absolutely no appreciation for the job being done to keep the lights on while this new strategy moves forward. There seems to be a philosophy that about 1/3 of the employees will get below average ratings, regardless if they are doing a good job or not. I heard from many employees who have experienced this. If you are looking for an IT job, stay away from PGI within Principal.

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5,0
24 giu 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

good FTO policy good opportunity for career development flexible work arrangements

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health insurance sucks - United annual reviews- everything's made up and the points don't matter more and more pressure to be in-office despite team members being remote

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Risposta di Principal Financial Group
6d
Thank you for taking the time to provide this feedback. Your input is valuable as we work to improve as an employer.
2,0
4 giu 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

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Decent work life balance and benefits. Principal offers a pension which is unheard of in today’s age.

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Pay is below average and Principal does not offer inflation raises. Once you hit the midpoint of your salary, you will get a 0% raise until you’re promoted, which will take multiple years regardless of performance. Performance reviews are vague and often used against employees to avoid promotions. At least in my department, I’ve yet to see any of the remote workers be promoted. This is starting to affect attrition and we’re already starting to see people leaving. It’s well known at this point that the best way to get promoted is to leave Principal and get rehired, which even leadership has stated publicly. This is a huge frustration and blow to morale, as it starts to feel like employees need to compete against their co-workers for raises.

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Risposta di Principal Financial Group
2w
We appreciate you sharing your feedback. As a leader in retirement solutions and employee benefits, we strive to provide our employees with a competitive benefits package. Our global pay philosophy is guided by market-driven principles. and we leverage third-party market data to ensure our base salary and incentives remain appropriately competitive.
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