Question: During my job search, I found [Glassdoor](http://www.glassdoor.com) to be a very useful tool for getting to know about the companies I was searching for. I'd like to give back to that and submit my own reviews to help others. 

However, my most recent job is at a small company. Currently the company's listing on Glassdoor has only one review (a glowing description of the company by someone with a "manager" position, which only one person in this area has). If I were to give a review, the company would instantly know who I am based on my position and location.

If I choose to give a negative or neutral review, I'm sure they wouldn't like knowing that I wrote it. If the review were 100% glowing, the company probably wouldn't care. However, Glassdoor does have a goal of hosting anonymous reviews, so positive or negative, it does seem to go against the spirit of the site. Plus, I'd like to avoid any self-censorship from knowing that I can be identified.

How can I go about leaving an anonymous review (what Glassdoor is intended for) when the company is so small that they will know it is me?

Answer: 
I find Glassdoor to be invaluable in reviewing companies, though not infallible. Your issue is one I've stumbled across a few times where I've worked or contracted with a small company and want to leave a review.

Some points to consider:

* If there's only one review on the site, the odds are no one at the company is looking at it. This would make your review less risky in my opinion.
* If you are worried about retribution for a poor review, I would wait until you have left the company to place the review. And consider if you work in a small IT world (like a small city) and burning this bridge may come back to you.
* Consider anonymizing your review as much as possible. Don't specify title or location. If you are asked about it, **in my opinion** you have the right to lie and say it wasn't you. **I know that recommending lying on this site is very controversial, and I will never suggest it unless it is justified!** In my opinion, every employee has the right to give other potential employees a heads-up about an employer. Your employer has no right to go after you for a review you publish **on your own time** and on a third-party site.
* Don't mention any secret or company-specific/intellectual property issues in your review. That's cause for them to look deeper and may give them legal justification.

To sum it up, I suggest putting in a review, but carefully word it based on my suggestions above. Help fellow job seekers to get the information they need to make a job decision before they get hired on.
First of all, I smell its going to be a bad one.

If you are so sure of being identified, and your review may hurt you within the company, I would suggest avoiding that. Anyway, all job seekers don't take reviews to their heart and are not strict believers, it is just taken as a suggestion.

If the review is a positive one, or neutral even, then getting identified is not bad at all, isn't it?

**Based on new edits to the question:**

If you want to follow the spirit, there are a few things you can do.

1. Just hide one of your location or job title. This is possible on glassdoor if this will make identifying you difficult.

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/8TKxS.jpg)

2. You can post totally an anonymous response as well without going through a self censorship policy of yours.

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/DYC8j.jpg)

With these options available, I think you can achieve what you are seeking.