The article mentions exactly that excuse:
> If on-call engineers were to receive compensation for each incident they resolved, it would incentivize them to intentionally build systems that fail so they could increase their pay by increasing their on-call load.” My guy, that is sabotage and fraud. You are hypothesizing a scenario where your subordinates are committing actual crimes. If somebody is doing criminal acts at work, fire their ass! Not to mention that anybody who deliberately self-inflicts on-call load is a goddamn idiot and should be sacked just on that basis alone.
Deliberately breaking the system is different from taking your sweet time fixing an issue.
It's a matter of degree. Sabotage doesn't always mean instant breakage. In "The Simple Sabotage Field Manual" we learn to slow down the organization by things like "Bring up irrelevant issues as frequently as possible", "Work slowly. Think out ways to increase the number of movements necessary on your job.", and "Do your work poorly and blame it on bad tools, machinery, or equipment."
If you are the person who consistently takes 10x longer than everyone else to fix issues, then someone has a conversation with you. It's not that hard.