My view is that this is entirely predictable: Once you start tying feedback to compensation outcomes, then it’s only the truly privileged who can afford to give

My view is that this is entirely predictable: Once you start tying feedback to compensation outcomes, then it’s only the truly privileged who can afford to give that frank and critical feedback. Everyone else goes into survival mode and figures out how to game the system, because the stakes are too high. Survival at any cost is baked into our DNA. It’s a bit dishonest, but also impossible to prove since feedback is completely subjective.