If you have 20 independent metrics, this could work. Typically though, the metrics aren't independent as they all try to measure "doing your job well". In that

If you have 20 independent metrics, this could work. Typically though, the metrics aren't independent as they all try to measure "doing your job well". In that case, if you gamed the "wrong" metrics, you still come out ahead. Not as much as for gaming the right metrics, but still.