As long as their "career performance/review" doesn't depend on making their solution/big project work. Otherwise, you're setting either for failure and creating a culture averse to sharing, collab and positive but passionate debate.
You'd be surprised how common this is. You gotta remember the managers are people playing the career game too. And if it's one of the large corps with a lot of turnover, they have to move fast.
Speak with people who work in large corps and you might here similar stories. Problem is people online naturally can't go too deep to avoid doxxing.