I'd like to think this has something to do with the "consequences of my actions", but pretty sure there's hidden factors going on behind the scenes, and this might have been the icing on the top to get the CEO fired.

That title was complicated to get in the character limit...

I'm pretty tired of companies getting less than a slap on the wrist and just getting away with... all this.

This is absolutely true for engineering teams. While people overuse Goodhart law but the fault is in the foundation.

The Goodhart Law doesn’t really apply in sales or operations because output there is directly proportional to the business outcome.