tl;dr employers will like you if you tie all your compensation with performance. For some positions this is a good thing when you have control over the outcome

tl;dr employers will like you if you tie all your compensation with performance. For some positions this is a good thing when you have control over the outcome and you're confident you're upto par. Sales and trading for example are good areas as the performance is easy to quantify. Creative professions... not so much.