Another aspect of this kind of system is that it favours visible over invisible jobs. The people working their asses off in the technology sewer might literally keep everything running, but because they are:
A) underfunded and understaffed
B) have no time and energy for niceties
all those in more comfy positions might be inclined to vote against them, while they probably don't vote at all because they got no time for that shit.
As you said, if you let a pidgeon vote on how good your chess moves were you will get pidgeon shit on a chessboard. A costly form of bureaucratic performance art, sans the art.
A) underfunded and understaffed
B) have no time and energy for niceties
all those in more comfy positions might be inclined to vote against them, while they probably don't vote at all because they got no time for that shit.
As you said, if you let a pidgeon vote on how good your chess moves were you will get pidgeon shit on a chessboard. A costly form of bureaucratic performance art, sans the art.