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 474 reviews)); "Good work/life balance if you know how to manage up and manage your workload" ((in 334 reviews)); "Great people and team environment" ((in 188 reviews)); "Great culture and values." ((in 101 reviews)); "Good salary range for employees" ((in 78 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 116 reviews)); "Slow to no job growth, bad managers, very unorganized, "hybrid" but actually remote" ((in 87 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs due to over" ((in 57 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

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

Jun 9, 2010

Used to be a good place

Project manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

diversity, advancement, training and development

Cons

Record keeping issues, bureaucratic, silo'd and spread out

2.0

Jun 9, 2010

Just OK, getting worse all the time

Senior account manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Professional People, very intelligent coworkers. Travel is reasonable. Able to balance family and job.

Cons

Very limited opportunities unless you want to be in loss mitigation/servicing. Reputation is terrible outside of mortgage business. It's hard to even get interviews with other companies unless you want to stay in mortgage biz. Fannie Mae's name in business world is awful - feel blackballed. FNM is becoming very bureaucratic and management has decided to just let government do what they want. Management will just retire in a few years when this is over. They aren't looking out for the people who can't afford to retire in two years.

3.0

Jun 2, 2010

If you get in-never leave.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Money is good; however, you will not be able to enjoy it because you are always working long hours -no work life balance.

Cons

You are always at work, you will never see your family!! If this is exciting to you, then by all means joing the company.

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