Is Fannie Mae a good company to work for?

Fannie Mae has an overall rating of 3.5 out of 5, based on over 3,058 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 7% over the last 12 months. 54% 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?

54% 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 (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 471 reviews)); "Good work/life balance if you know how to manage up and manage your workload" ((in 339 reviews)); "Great people and team environment" ((in 189 reviews)); "Great culture and values." ((in 97 reviews)); "Good salary range for employees" ((in 87 reviews))

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

"bad management/ no management whatsoever" ((in 117 reviews)); "Slow to no job growth, bad managers, very unorganized, "hybrid" but actually remote" ((in 84 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs due to over" ((in 53 reviews)); "A lot of mediocre to bad leadership in middle management and below." ((in 42 reviews)); "Morale is low" ((in 25 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

3.5

54% would recommend to a friend

(2,560 total reviews)

Peter Akwaboah

37% approve of CEO

39% positive business outlook

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Fannie Mae has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 2,560 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

Feb 20, 2024

Single Family Analytics

Data scientist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Smart and competent junior/senior analysts Opportunities to learn a lot of business and technical skills Exposure the state of the art computing, software, and IT infrastructure

Cons

Most Technical Leads and Managers care only about their own careers Technical leads and managers over-exaggerated their skill sets and want to appear the “smartest” Technical leads and managers set unreasonably high standards for project and deliverables they don’t understand or are not qualified to review

2.0

Oct 31, 2023

Don’t work here

Finance

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible hours and half day fridays.

Cons

Too much hiring/promoting centered around filling demographic quotas. Leads to weak middle/upper management at manager/director/VP levels. Difficult working with certain teams at Fannie who are poorly staffed (either not enough resources, or not the right resources).

1.0

Aug 25, 2023

SM

Scrum master

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Agile COE culture is thriving.

Cons

Company culture is struggling in areas.

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