The comparison to working on commission isn't useful unless that short-term, single-axis measurement is the extent of performance assessment. Hypermeasurement

The comparison to working on commission isn't useful unless that short-term, single-axis measurement is the extent of performance assessment. Hypermeasurement doesn't require or imply that all firms will become short-term, single-axis focused. So, while true at a high level of abstraction (we're all ultimately employed and thereby paid, based on our performance), at any useful level of detail the premise isn't very useful.