TimA from Glassdoor.com here. Thanks for checking out the site and helpful feedback.

I’m glad you noted the balanced contributing as that’s been a huge goal for us. We don’t want to become a rant site but instead want to create a place where people can share contructive feedback about their workplaces and senior management. In fact, we require people who post a review to provide **pros** **cons** to help keep the comments in check. The reality is: even if you hate your job, there are some redeeming qualities that we want shared with the community.

We think people are finding value in our “give to get” model because they can first preview the quality and thoughtfulness of reviews for our four sneak peek companies. They’re seeing how valuable candid feedback is and are more inclined to give it themselves.

Also, on CEO ratings – I want to point out the numbers you reference are overall company ratings (3.9 for Microsoft and 4.1 for Google) The CEO approval ratings are actually 53% approval for Ballmer and 86% approval for Schmidt – so a pretty significant difference. We realize this is somewhat confusing and will be working to make this more clear.

Thanks for the comments.