Not for the ambitious of creative. - Analyst Fannie Mae Employee Review

2.0
Nov 3, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If you want a stable place to work that does not challenge you significantly this is a good place to work. It is full of people who are content with the 9 to 5 and just doing tasks. If this is your kind of work then dive in.

Cons

Poor communication, and poor management above VP level. This led to many redundancies and people stepping on each others toes. It seemed to me that the best and brightest people always left Fannie Mae after working there for a few months. Do not work at Fannie Mae if you are interested in advancement or being rewarded for your hard work,

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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
Anonymous employee
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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