It's not about speaking up on a shitty idea, it's about not playing the game on a tool used to measure employee performance. That's a big difference. Especiall

It's not about speaking up on a shitty idea, it's about not playing the game on a tool used to measure employee performance. That's a big difference. Especially because here we're talking about someone whose performance and contributions were very clear to everyone. Otherwise, he might have been seen like an underperformer by managers.