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

2.0

May 1, 2010

Encouraging communication, especially from the CFO, indicating that senior leadership has a clear vision for real change

Business analyst ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Salaries and benefits package are relatively high compared to other companies, including FRE. The company still has an important social mission. The firm is big enough for internal job seekers to look and move within the company. There are talented and hard-working people still here, and the company seems to be trying to increase the talent level across the company.

Cons

A lot of mediocre to bad leadership in middle management and below. Still prevalent culture of politics and personal ambition that provide roadblocks to changes that would make the company more efficient, professional, results-oriented, profitable, lower-risk with respect to IT & operations.

5.0

Mar 26, 2010

Technical manager.

Manager

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Flexibility and overall growth of the company and select divisions.

Cons

Performance review process and goal setting is overly complicated.

3.0

Mar 22, 2010

Challenging work atmosphere, but can be chaotic or disorganized at times

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Great to be so close to working with the housing recovery

Cons

A lot of incompetence in the middle management layer

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Encouraging communication, especially from the CFO, indicating that senior leadership has a clear vision for real change

Technical manager.

Challenging work atmosphere, but can be chaotic or disorganized at times

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