This is something that really annoyed me at a company I worked at for a while. And it was far worse - it wasn't a case of not being rewarded, people who planned properly and got the job done were punished for their efforts. If a project got behind they would take people from a project that was on track or better to put them on to it. I pleaded for a super green status for the best projects on the basis that the team would finish sooner and then the entire team could work on something else nnd get it done well too. They could take people from the next tier but that would be an incentive to do well. Not a hope.