All employees should be able, and applauded for doing so, to explain how they’ve not only met goals of a time, but been nimble enough to pivot to management whims.

Your relationship with employees is through salary, that’s it. Not the comfy chair, the firewall rules, pool table, or “agile” training… but salary.

Let them talk salary and you will find they provide healthier boundaries. (Your comment gave me no indication of your opinion, I was just adding.)

Exactly, they are for employees who want to make a case for promotion or management to make a case for layoffs and firing. Always give your self good ratings.