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Tim Mayopoulos
419 Ratings
Pros
"The company had excellent work life balance" (in 188 reviews)
"Pay and benefits are decent as well" (in 57 reviews)
Cons
"Work life balance can be stressful at time" (in 30 reviews)
"It requires lot of approvals from senior management" (in 28 reviews)
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"Financial Reporting Analyst"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookI worked at Fannie Mae full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
A great place to work, a good team environment and great benefits! A lot of good smart people.
Cons
Financial reporting have tight deadlines and required long hours at quarter-end and year-end. Good-life work balance is hard to achieve.
Advice to Management
Keep up the good work!
Fannie Mae 2018-02-11 16:53 PST ![Fannie Mae Logo]()
"Great company to work for"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Fannie Mae full-time (More than a year)
Pros
People here are nice and there are many opportunities to learn
Cons
Low attrition rate means it’s tough to move into management
Advice to Management
Offer more opportunities to young hungry employees
Fannie Mae 2018-09-20 22:05 PDT![Fannie Mae Logo]()
"Building culture"
StarStarStarStarStarI have been working at Fannie Mae full-time
Pros
Joined a fairly new team that prioritized building culture first. I had a lot of opportunities to shape what I wanted to do and how we worked, which was awesome.
Cons
Because of how fast my team grew, I wasn't always satisfied with my leadership–I wasn't getting clear guidance, access to resources to do my best work, mentorship, etc.
Fannie Mae 2018-09-21 12:40 PDT![Fannie Mae Logo]()
"Amazing employer"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Fannie Mae full-time (More than 10 years)
Pros
Great 401k benefits, 22 paid days off, work life balance, fostering of professionalism, effective way of working and transparency, great pay.
Cons
It is a great company - no cons.
Fannie Mae 2018-09-14 12:27 PDT![Fannie Mae Logo]()
"A company undergoing big changes"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Fannie Mae full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Great benefits, W/L balance, competitive pay
Cons
Office politics could sometimes get in the way
Fannie Mae 2018-09-06 21:04 PDT![Fannie Mae Logo]()
"Fannie mae review"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Fannie Mae full-time
Pros
Company allows work life balance. They have lot of social events to participate which make it fun to work. They provide ample training and learning opportunities.
Cons
Company is hierarchical organization. It requires lot of approvals from senior management.
Advice to Management
Management should delegate more and empower employees with defined boundaries.
Fannie Mae 2018-09-05 16:09 PDT![Fannie Mae Logo]()
"Great workplace"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Fannie Mae full-time (More than 10 years)
Pros
Fannie Mae offers very good benefits and a positive work environment.
Cons
Not very fast growing, so promotions are not abundant.
Fannie Mae 2018-08-31 10:44 PDT![Fannie Mae Logo]()
"Great Benefits but can be a toxic environment"
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Neutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Fannie Mae full-time
Pros
Pay and benefits are really good.
Most people are generally friendly and helpful.
Some flexibility to WFH and alternate locationsCons
Can be a toxic and a political environment.
Management in some groups treat people extremely poorly (like crap, actually),
Management in some groups are reptiles with forked tongues.
Avoid the cross hairs and say Yes.Advice to Management
For the senior management, I would advise to seriously speak with employees and honestly seek their input with no repercussions about their work environment and management. Some mid-level managers and Directors will do what it takes to keep looking good and step on their employees to do so.
Don't just offer a employee survey - last one I took, I never heard anything about it. Bring back the 360 review of employees and managers, if you really want an honest opinion.Fannie Mae 2018-09-10 09:34 PDT![Fannie Mae Logo]()
"Awesome place"
StarStarStarStarStarPros
great leadership, love my team
Cons
not enough hours in the day to be there
Fannie Mae 2018-08-25 13:38 PDTHelpful (1)
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"it is what you make it"
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I have been working at Fannie Mae (More than a year)
Pros
Opportunity to work in a firm that delivers the bedrock foundation of the secondary mortgage market - the mechanism that makes home loans possible.
Cons
Lots of institutional dead weight.
Advice to Management
Be open to evaluating technology recommendations that may present outside of the traditional comfort zones.
Fannie Mae 2018-09-06 20:36 PDT
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