Review Systems Compared (Score 1)

The point I keep coming back to is the difference in review systems. You have Microsoft with a supposed "merit" based system that is apparently corrupted by politics/popularity/whatever.

Then you have systems like where my dad works where everyone with the same job gets the same pay. If you happen to be really motivated & efficient you get paid the same as the guy who's playing solitare in the corner.

Are these results from two different systems inevitable? Is there a better way?