Oh no, you've gamed the system to maximize your compensation and the long-term success of the company. Sure setting good metrics is hard, but that doesn't mean

Oh no, you've gamed the system to maximize your compensation and the long-term success of the company. Sure setting good metrics is hard, but that doesn't mean you should not set and publish metrics. What seemed to have happened is that pay was simply increased without strings. There are a bunch of cultural outcomes then across the company when you have this kind of absurdity. (A previous company I worked for the CEO had a multi-million dollar loan for his family-home/mansion written off by the company/board... the company was losing money.)