Great work life balance and salary for the complacent professional with a family - Business Intelligence Associate Fannie Mae Employee Review

4.0
Mar 1, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

# work life balance # higher than average salary # annual pay increase for everyone regardless of performance # fortune 25 company (resume builder)

Cons

# the open secret is you CANNOT get promoted you need to apply to open positions internally to advance your career # pervasive complacency # outdated practices and legacy routines carried forward just because # frequent reorganizations and turnover in general # annual pay increase for everyone regardless of performance (disincentives going above and beyond) # due to frequent reorganization, often technical employees are unqualified to performance new duties which on its own is usually a good thing for growth but given the pervasive complacency, it translates to incompetent employee as they frequently do not care to become proficient

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5.0
May 25, 2026
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Pros

benefits, pay, work life balance

Cons

no cons to be honest

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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