With articles like this I always think it'd be really interesting to hear from others on the team. I find it really hard to imagine there's not going to be pressure (either self-inflicted or from above) to 'game' it, or how do you decide what's gaming and what's pragmatic anyway - perhaps better said I find it hard to imagine people don't feel like it's being gamed, that they're having to add value where they think they should be maintaining, even if OP or whoever deciding that thinks it's the right call.

(And to be clear I can't say and am not saying which is right, from over here with zero information about any such decisions.)

It could be fun to have a platform for honest blogs about work stuff where it's grouped by people verified to work (or have worked) at the same place. (Or, I realise as I write that, a descent into in-fighting and unprofessionalism..)