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      Sallie Mae

      Engaged Employer

      Sallie Mae reviews

      3.9

      74% would recommend to a friend

      (679 total reviews)
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      Jonathan Witter

      84% approve of CEO

      80% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.0

      Compensation and benefits

      3.9

      Culture & values

      3.9

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Career opportunities

      3.6

      Senior management

      Sallie Mae has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 679 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Sallie 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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      679 reviews
      1.0
      Oct 30, 2018

      Org restructure!

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Compensation - Base salary, cash bonus, and equity bonus... hard to beat that

      Cons

      The IT App Dev just went through org restructuring in order to rescue their failed Agile transition. The problem with this restructuring, they don't understand why Agile failed, never spoke to the people who actually deal with the day to day to understand why we are failing, and they moved people around without discussing what those people wants from their career.

      1.0
      Sep 6, 2018

      Marketing: Ult Not A Place I Can Grow

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I work in the marketing arm of Sallie Mae. I like the Newton commute. I see kind of where the company wants to go. They've made some good steps to change.

      Cons

      It's a competitive, siloish environment which dissuades and blocks collaboration and communication. Every discipline is out for themselves. Nothing uniting us. Senior leadership in my department manages through intimidation, pitting fellow working employees against each other, and controlling what they communicate to our department head. The company chooses to not significantly invest in marketing or technology, yet they want to compete with newer financial companies.

      1.0
      Mar 16, 2016

      Avoid

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The co workers are friendly

      Cons

      Fickle, feckless upper management, things change every few weeks, Sick days count as PTO

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