Is Fannie Mae a good company to work for?

Fannie Mae has an overall rating of 3.5 out of 5, based on over 3,058 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 7% over the last 12 months. 53% of employees would recommend working at Fannie Mae to a friend and 38% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Fannie Mae have been left by employees working as Cyber Security Analyst , Intern and Associate Software Engineer .

Does Fannie Mae pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Fannie Mae employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Fannie Mae. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Fannie Mae?

53% of Fannie Mae employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Fannie Mae 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.3 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Fannie Mae?

Software Engineer (89) , Project Manager (70) , Director (68) , Senior Associate (68) , Business Analyst (67) , Manager (63) , Lead Associate (52) , Analyst (40) , Associate (39) , Senior Software Engineer (36) , Senior Project Manager (30) , Associate Software Engineer (29) , Financial Analyst (27) , Financial Engineer (24) , Intern (24)

What are the pros of working at Fannie Mae according to real employee reviews?

"Great benefits including health insurance and 401K" ((in 477 reviews)); "Good work/life balance if you know how to manage up and manage your workload" ((in 328 reviews)); "Great people and team environment" ((in 187 reviews)); "Good Salary and some bonus." ((in 94 reviews)); "Great culture and values." ((in 92 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Fannie Mae according to real employee reviews?

"bad management/ no management whatsoever" ((in 116 reviews)); "Slow to no job growth, bad managers, very unorganized, "hybrid" but actually remote" ((in 84 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs due to over" ((in 56 reviews)); "A lot of mediocre to bad leadership in middle management and below." ((in 42 reviews)); "Morale is low" ((in 25 reviews))

What are employees saying about Fannie Mae layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Fannie Mae layoffs and their outlook for job security at Fannie Mae in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Fannie Mae locations?

Washington , Reston , Dallas , Herndon , Plano , Addison , Arlington , Atlanta , Chicago , Virginia Beach , Ashburn , Fairfax , New York , Philadelphia , Los Angeles , Rockville , McLean , Aldie , Boston , Centreville , Chantilly , Austin , Houston , Irvine , Colorado Springs , Seattle , Potomac , Urbana , Tysons Corner , Rest

Fannie Mae reviews

3.5

53% would recommend to a friend

(2,560 total reviews)

Peter Akwaboah

38% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

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Fannie Mae has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 2,560 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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5.0

Mar 11, 2014

Great!

Anonymous employee

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Pros

Nice people, good pay and benefits, manageable workload, flexibility, work life balance, listening ear of management, and team oriented culture

Cons

It seems as though many teams are short staffed which comes off as desperate when trying to hire. It reduces the negotiating power of Fannie when it comes to recruiting.

3.0

Mar 10, 2014

Good pay but advancement excruciatingly difficult

Anonymous employee

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Pros

Excellent pay, especially so for people managers, directors and above. Good place for people with secondary mortgage market experience.

Cons

Company is in conservatorship and can't make a move without approval from FHFA. Industry is difficult to understand for newbies to the secondary mortgage market. People constantly use acronyms and it takes around 6 months to a year to understand the code. Management is cliquish and extremely difficult, if not impossible, to break into unless you are part of the in crowd.

3.0

Mar 9, 2014

No security. Watch out for those layoffs

Analyst

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Great Benefits Above average pay Good opportunities for training Great diverse environment Co-workers tend to be very smart/intelligent

Cons

3 months into starting, there was a massive layoff that affected some people on my team. For anyone starting with a new company, this is a huge red flag. 6 months later, a new round of layoffs, a year later another. Seriously? Even after being profitable? Office politics. Those dumb calibrations. For anyone that works at the main office, the refrigerators are like 100 years old and feel unsanitary.

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