Fannie Mae reviews

3.6

57% would recommend to a friend

(2,555 total reviews)
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Peter Akwaboah

43% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

Fannie Mae has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 2,555 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Fannie Mae employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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3K reviews
2.0
Apr 1, 2025

The Old Fannie Mae is Gone

Recommend
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Pros

- Financial benefits (although some are likely to be stripped) - Decent pay with transparent pay structure - Talented and personable colleagues

Cons

- Mandated return to office despite consistent communication over several years that we are a flexible company - Lack of morale and direction - Layoffs

1.0
Feb 7, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits are good, depending on your manager/director, work/home balance can be good.

Cons

I started many years ago and Fannie was a great place to work. I loved my job, pay was great and all FTE's received a bonus. The past 2 years, upper management has made it very clear that they will continue to get a large bonus, while the working class get little to nothing. If you are not a manager or above, a bonus is a thing of the past They are hiring contractors by the truckload as many people are leaving to go to different companies. The brain drain is due to all the items above I noted. Do not expect to get a bonus if you are just a normal FTE. Upper management had protected their bonus structure and for anyone they are protecting. Everyone else will lose thousands. Upper management like to push their product and leave the products that are actually customer with no updates or budget to complete improvements. They only way you will move up in the company is being a yes man to anyone above you. UM states they want to hear different ideas, but if you are not towing the line for their pet project, forget it. Fannie wants to be the google of the mortgage industry. Google pays well, Fannie does not anymore. Thankfully, I will be leaving soon, like so many others.

1.0
Apr 10, 2019

Toxic is an understatement

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The new building in DC has great amenities (great food, gym, beautiful work areas)

Cons

-Poor leadership at VP level -Frequent waves of hiring and firing -Employees are fearful and unmotivated -Constantly reorganizing and restructuring (adds to the fear factor) -Poor management (constantly changing strategic direction, inconsistencies in how policies are carried out)

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