A good company if you know what you're getting into - Non Technical PM III Fannie Mae Employee Review

4.0
Jun 5, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Fannie Mae has dug itself out of the hole it found itself in a few years ago. If you go in with your eyes open, it can be a stable environment with good work/life balance. The hours on the non-tech side are not very onerous and depending on your manager, working from home is a distinct possibility. Compensation seems to be above average, though not stellar.

Cons

This is not the place for someone looking to move quickly. Both in their day to day work, and their career mobility. It is very process heavy, though they're trying to reduce that a bit. In the division in which I work, there is not a lot of risk-taking or ownership. Particularly at mid-level mgmt, there seems to be a lot of risk aversion. It's understandable, given the company's history, but it's frustrating. I would guess that the federal government is going to milk Fannie and Freddie for all they, and not turn them back to their shareholders any time soon. Which means even more risk-aversion and a government worker attitude. Half the people I work with have PMPs. And most of those people are not really project managers.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
Jul 5, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

I had thought I’d stay there until retirement. Pay was pretty good and while upward mobility was limited there was an open environment for learning and getting involved in new things. The company was socially conscious with volunteer time available. Flex schedules were available with manager approval and that helped us effectively implement work from home in 2020. We did work a lot of long hours to get projects done but the work seemed to be appreciated and rewarded.

Cons

For a company that had been highly profitable, Bill Pulte came in and started demanding changes for the company to be run more like one on the verge of bankruptcy. Managers were forced to spend significant time managing attendance and schedules and constantly justifying staffing just to have that ignored anyway. Anybody below a Director was cut completely out of these decisions meaning managers would show up to meetings to find the no-shows had been let go with no warning. You just started to see on people’s faces they were miserable, many long time associates quietly hoping they’d be included in the next round of cuts. It’s too bad, a company I had thought I’d retire with really just became toxic.

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