Summary: New numbers suggest that Steve Ballmer is the worst technology CEO, based on the opinion of his own employees

The co-founder of Microsoft dislikes the other co-founder, as we noted this afternoon. But what happens when the entire staff dislikes the CEO, Steve Ballmer? Glyn Moody calls this "incredible" and it seems as though Ballmer's wing(wo)man, Bartz, is also doing pretty badly. Microsoft's booster Preston Gralla asks, "[h]ow long can he last" -- meaning -- when will Ballmer get fired?

For the last two years, Glassdoor.com has regularly surveyed employees of a dozen major tech companies and asks them to rate their CEOs. It just announced the latest year's rankings, and the news couldn't be worse for Ballmer. His approval rating is down in the dumps, at 40%. The next worst CEO rating is well above his, eBay's John Donahoe at 46%.

It's official. Microsoft is in a state of unrest wrt management-ordinary workers relationships. Maybe Microsoft will just send more of its workers from the West to teach (somewhere in Asia) how their job is done, then announce layoffs, then announce hiring in Asia a year later. It's not just Microsoft's trick for cutting costs but also convenient means of getting more obedient staff which will revere the management "from America" and feel ever so thankful. ⬆