Principal Financial Group: Employee Engagement

Talented employees are the heart and soul of our company. We believe development inspires individuals to engage, empower, and embrace a growth mindset that directly contributes to the success of our organization.

Learn more about Principal's commitments to employee engagement here.

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Social Impact & Volunteering

Combatting Nutrition Security Gaps Through Employee Volunteerism
Before a person can even begin thinking about their financial journey, they must first have access to essential needs like nutritious, filling meals.

Unfortunately, far too many people around the globe are struggling with nutrition security—around 2.4 billion people.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Principal Financial Group Employee Spotlights: 60 seconds with Program Manager, Murugan Nambiar
At Principal®, we invest in what matters. And building talented teams is where it all begins. Take 60 seconds to hear about what work, Program Manager, Murugan is most proud of and what advice he’d give to new employees.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Principal Financial Group Employee Spotlights: 60 Seconds With Claim Assistant, Ben Meiners
At Principal®, we invest in what matters. And building talented teams is where it all begins. Take a minute and get to know Ben Meiners, claim assistant. Growth opportunities and amazing work-life balance are top reasons he loves working at Principal.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Principal Financial Group Employee Spotlights: What It's Like To Be a Customer Experience Specialist at Principal
At Principal®, we invest in what matters. And building talented teams is where it all begins. Nahla is a customer experience specialist in the Participant Contact Center in Des Moines, Iowa. In this video, Nahla takes us through her typical workday.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Principal® Named a Best Place to Work in Money Management by Pensions & Investments for Twelfth Consecutive Year
Principal Financial Group®, announced today it has been named a Best Place to Work in Money Management among the largest employers by Pensions & Investments. This is the 12th consecutive year Principal has been recognized as a best place to work.

Diversity & Inclusion

Micah Greene: An Air National Guard Member Finds Support and Community at Principal®
When Micah Greene interviewed in 2020 for a position as an information security engineer with Principal®, he was outfitted in his military dress blues. He was also finishing an Active Duty deployment with the Iowa Air National Guard.

Diversity & Inclusion

Natalie Lamarque: Learning To Harness Fear
Fearless isn’t a word Natalie Lamarque would use to describe herself. From working in the Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s office as a federal prosecutor to moving across the country for a job opportunity, Lamarque has faced plenty of situations and life changes.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Kimberly Etchings: When Risks Lead to Wins
Kimberly Etchings has never been afraid to take risks. From finding her own way to attend a college she’d never visited across the country, to building her own financial advising firm, to taking two years off to reevaluate her career, Etchings has never led with fear.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Amy Keiser: ‘It’s OK To Learn From the Ground Up.’
Lucky for Principal ®, Amy Keiser lasted just 90 days in her first job in 1999. “It was in sales for another financial institution, and I quickly realized it was not the right role for me,” Keiser says.

Health & Healthcare

3 Ways To Support Mental Health at Work
When Chery VanHouweling signed up for the Feel Your Best Self (FYBS) volunteer event, she thought it sounded fun—a lunch hour at Principal® creating an educational puppet kit for schoolchildren.
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