Great compensation package, but not good for technical career advancement. - Senior Software Engineer Fannie Mae Employee Review

2.0
Jun 24, 2008
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Pros

Great benefits - there are no other local companies that can give you as much compensations with these benefits. You get an "forgivable" loan towards your first house which reduces in principal with every year of service, 25% each year. You get a month of paternity leave which you can use all at once or spread it over the year (e.g. take every Friday off). Flexible hours, work from home, but limited.

Cons

A lot of politics, the teams are very bulky - managers are just looking for "head counts". Too many meetings. Most people will tell you that consultants do most of the work, but there are a few great employees that always put in twice as much work than others. Fannie Mae doesn't believe in firing people - you can do no work for years, but as long as you don't break any rules (porn) then its next to impossible to get fired. This is good for lazy people, but bad for most people looking for advancement in career -- especially since most management believe that head count is better than quality or productive people.

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5.0
Mar 30, 2026
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Pros

Great place to work an would recommend

Cons

Nothing out the normal. The usual ups and downs

4.0
Jun 25, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The culture is more supportive than competitive/toxic; quite decent work-life balance; good benefits - especially 401k; heavy emphasis on utilization of AI to support most job functions but with risk and safety in mind.

Cons

Changes are quite fast-paced and growth can be slow. Experience can be very team, project, and division specific as with any big company.

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