Il a suscité plus de controverse qu'on aurait pu le désirer, mais il a accompli ce qu'il était censé faire, c'est-à-dire obliger le fonctionnaire à regagner une partie de sa rémunération, étant entendu que la majorité des fonctionnaires le ferait, et limitant les primes à quelques-uns.
Is it broken? Well, it's brought more controversy than one would wish, but it's doing what it was designed to do, which was to take a portion of pay and make it re-earnable, with the expectation that the majority of public servants would re-earn that, but few would get a bonus beyond that.