Chance to learn about securitization and MBS within a government-like workplace - Anonymous employee Fannie Mae Employee Review

1.0
17 Jun 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

You get the chance to learn about one of the "hottest" products in finance - MBS. The culture of FNM is very government-like wherein many people work 9-5 and there is ususally early release the day before holidays. As long as you finish your assigned work you will be free to determine a schedule that works best for you (unless you are in an accounting role).

Cons

Fannie is extremely siloed in that different groups do not communicate efficiently/freely, resulting in a good deal of duplicity in analytics and effort. Because of the continued public scrutiny and ongoing debate surrounding FNM's future structure there is always a sense that things are being "paired down" and directors need to justify their groups resources/staffing by pointing to the quantity (rather than quality) of work that a group does. The government-like culture also comes with a great deal of bureaucracy.

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5.0
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Pros

benefits, pay, work life balance

Cons

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3.0
5 Jul 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I had thought I’d stay there until retirement. Pay was pretty good and while upward mobility was limited there was an open environment for learning and getting involved in new things. The company was socially conscious with volunteer time available. Flex schedules were available with manager approval and that helped us effectively implement work from home in 2020. We did work a lot of long hours to get projects done but the work seemed to be appreciated and rewarded.

Cons

For a company that had been highly profitable, Bill Pulte came in and started demanding changes for the company to be run more like one on the verge of bankruptcy. Managers were forced to spend significant time managing attendance and schedules and constantly justifying staffing just to have that ignored anyway. Anybody below a Director was cut completely out of these decisions meaning managers would show up to meetings to find the no-shows had been let go with no warning. You just started to see on people’s faces they were miserable, many long time associates quietly hoping they’d be included in the next round of cuts. It’s too bad, a company I had thought I’d retire with really just became toxic.

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