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Principal Financial Group

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Best Place to work if........... - Consultant Principal Financial Group Employee Review

5.0
Feb 4, 2015
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Pros

You want to do some side work, Like in office time you want to do property dealing business, want to run travel agency/or ticket booking services, run online music classes, training on technical skills or have some full time hobby like running, event management. The most supporting factor you will get is flat leadership structure. On top you will see Fish lovers, below them wide layer ( firewall) of Local talent (normally understand local language only) and at bottom mix of non Maharastrians. One last tip if you want best ratings or any useless award , Speak More in big meetings or gathering, you will earn brownie points easily. So decide, if you have no other choices and you are little money minded, don’t miss this golden opportunity. After all No Risk No Rewards

Cons

Think Carefully before joining , if you want to learn new skill or domain knowledge, want to go onsite, want to have clear goals to achieve, want to work professionally(non political, performance driven, Not Yes Boss type), want to have career aspiration to achieve something meaningful in life. If you taken risk already and want to revert your decision, the notice period is only one month (The Best Perk).

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5.0
May 28, 2026
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Pros

Three years in and still LOVE it. Great leadership. Work-like balance. Principal invests in their employees with training and professional development. It's very telling when literally thousands of employees have been there for 20-25-30+ years.

Cons

First time in a large company. Sometimes it is tricky to find the right internal partner to get the answer you need.

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2.0
Jun 4, 2026
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Pros

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

Cons

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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