Is Fannie Mae a good company to work for?

Fannie Mae has an overall rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on over 3,056 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 7% over the last 12 months. 55% of employees would recommend working at Fannie Mae to a friend and 39% 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?

55% of Fannie Mae employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Fannie Mae 3.6 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 (38) , 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 491 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 186 reviews)); "Great culture and values." ((in 92 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 113 reviews)); "Slow to no job growth, bad managers, very unorganized, "hybrid" but actually remote" ((in 86 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs which cause constant anxiety" ((in 59 reviews)); "A lot of mediocre to bad leadership in middle management and below." ((in 44 reviews)); "Morale is low" ((in 23 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

Fannie Mae reviews

3.6

55% would recommend to a friend

(2,558 total reviews)

Peter Akwaboah

38% approve of CEO

39% positive business outlook

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Fannie Mae has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 2,558 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

3.0

Aug 10, 2022

It's what you make of it

Technology engineering associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Plenty of room to learn. Relaxed atmosphere. Remote work (Might be changed later).

Cons

Some employees will not/are unable to help you with questions (Knowledge and attitude is questionable). On Call system (May have to work weekends and throughout the night). Meetings, so many meetings. No guidance (in my experience with no knowledge on the specific task) on how to do your job. They also expect you to be a complete self starter and understand what will need to be done in each sprint and come up with your own tasks for each sprint when usually (from what I've been told) to more senior members would assign you tasks to allow more structure.

3.0

Apr 19, 2022

Great people, bad tech

Full stack software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

People are friendly, positive, and focused on business material matters.

Cons

Software developers are second class citizens. The technology is awful. Due to frequent use of desktop-as-a-service, developers face daily operational problems like lag and environment issues. This is not considered a priority by managers. This problem is compounded by software misconfigs and inconsistent development environments. In addition, computers are completely locked down, so fixing OS misconfigs can be slow. Also, there is a lack of improvement mindset (with respect to code and software quality). Issues that could easily be fixed go unresolved because "the business" doesn't seem to care about anything outside of their narrow viewport, and developers just sorta follow along. Technical leadership does not exist in any material sense. Attempts come off as insincere.

2.0

Apr 2, 2022

Good benefits, but generally low salaries.

Lead associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits and good work life balance.

Cons

Compensation is lacking across the board so people are leaving left and right. This isn’t a bad place to start a career, but it isn’t the best choice financially especially if you live in DC and want to raise a family.

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