Well, that's sort of the author's point -- every framework is focused on something other than simple salary numbers, which definitionally means it is focused on

Well, that's sort of the author's point -- every framework is focused on something other than simple salary numbers, which definitionally means it is focused on something other than the dollar value provided to the company. We recognize that they can still be a useful tool, because 1) assigning dollar values to employees is an inexact science that's hard to standardize over an organization and 2) ICs like at least some direction about what they need to do to be eligible for more money aside from just "provide more value"