Since US Govt.conservatorship, management has become restricted in it's ability to make the daily tactical decisions. - Senior Manager Fannie Mae Employee Review

2.0
Sep 14, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Above avaerage compensation and benefits.

Cons

Management no longer empowered to manage day to day tactical operations. All decisions must be made at the top level. This often results in an untimely delays, and or in no decision being made. This has a significant negative affect on morale at all employee levels. Promotions are more often than not performance related.

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5.0
Jul 7, 2026
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Pros

Very accommodating hours, government-like benefits

Cons

Less competitive work environment, can be slow

3.0
Jul 5, 2026
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Recommend
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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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