Is Fannie Mae a good company to work for?

Fannie Mae has an overall rating of 3.5 out of 5, based on over 3,060 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?

"Good benefits and Very worker friendly" ((in 479 reviews)); "Good work/life balance if you know how to manage up and manage your workload" ((in 330 reviews)); "Great people and team environment" ((in 189 reviews)); "Great culture and values." ((in 94 reviews)); "Good Salary and some bonus." ((in 89 reviews))

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

"There is the sense by many Fannie Mae'ers that there is no life after Fannie Mae so most put up with inefficiencies and poor management." ((in 117 reviews)); "Slow to no job growth, bad managers, very unorganized, "hybrid" but actually remote" ((in 89 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs which cause constant anxiety" ((in 54 reviews)); "A lot of mediocre to bad leadership in middle management and below." ((in 43 reviews)); "Middle management is bloated and bureaucratic." ((in 21 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

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Fannie Mae reviews

3.5

53% would recommend to a friend

(2,562 total reviews)

Peter Akwaboah

38% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.3

Culture & values

3.1

Career opportunities

3.0

Senior management

Fannie Mae has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 2,562 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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3K reviews

5.0

Jan 23, 2024

Great company!

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work life balance, benefits, culture

Cons

I do not have any

5.0

Jan 23, 2024

Great place to work

Business analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great work life balance/competitive salary

Cons

Haven't found a thing that I'd like to change yet!

3.0

Jan 23, 2024

Bad management, bad tech, amazing benefits

Senior data scientist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits are extremely generous - excellent 401k matching, lifestyle spending account that can be used for almost anything, many extra days off. Salaries are very competitive for the industry. The people who complain most have delusions of working for top-tier tech companies. Easy to impress people if you're competent. An excellent place to cruise until retirement. Most of the time work life balance is very good.

Cons

Everything at FNMA is about appearances with no concern for function: 1. Managers prioritize sexy projects with questionable value rather than making sure their core products don't fall apart. 2. Cybersecurity is mostly theater and requires insane workarounds with chains of virtual machines that often break and are extremely slow when they do work. 3. Upper management's solution to everything is to create additional bureaucracy that covers things that were already covered. 4. Documentation usually exists, but it is designed by and for technically incompetent audiences. It's also stored on random confluence pages that aren't kept to date.

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