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Principal Financial Group

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Marketing leaders only want "yes ma'am" people - Marketing Principal Financial Group Employee Review

2.0
18 Feb 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Hybrid work environment is nice, but not worth dealing with the leadership.

Cons

Fall in line or been shown the door. New marketing leadership outs anyone who challenges their opinions. It is their way or not at all. Data and facts don't seem to 'Mater'. Leaders will bully and talk over you until they get their way. And when their way is a failure it all rolls back down hill. Teflon CMOs. Executives don't hold leaders responsible, but rather promote them. Ten+ years behind competitors when it comes to marketing evolution. No consequences for bad management.

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Principal Financial Group Response
2y
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience. At Principal, we seek to foster an innovative, inclusive, and collaborative culture. In that spirit we encourage you to visit the HR Service Center to provide your feedback.

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5.0
24 June 2026
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Pros

good FTO policy good opportunity for career development flexible work arrangements

Cons

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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Principal Financial Group Response
1d
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 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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Principal Financial Group Response
1w
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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