In a world where there is no judging, this could work well, people would do things out of interest and want, but in this world, I feel this is more &quot;gamification&quot;.  This is because people will take these hints because know they are an explicit vehicle to get noticed and they know that _not_ taking the hint will cost them.  It&#x27;s playing  with (psychologically manipulating) people.<p>That&#x27;s to say they do it because in this game it&#x27;s beneficial to their career&#x2F;image not because they sincerely _want_ to.  It&#x27;s making the brownnosing opportunities explicit, I guess.<p>It also practically makes people work &quot;on a curve&quot; the baseline is the &quot;best&quot; worker now, the person who has no other responsibilities, the workaholic, neurotic, perfectionist, etc. and now everyone else gets (unfavorably) compared to this one.<p>It&#x27;s the difference between going to the toilet and on the other hand, choosing to eat ice cream.  One is a must, the other an option which you may or may not act on.