Comment by pydry

>Anyway, management will of course argue that developers under them are incapable of seeing everything management does.

What a coincidence! Thats one of the first thoughts that crept into my head when code metrics started being used on me.

This "voyage of discovery" you've alluded to is exactly what I meant by no downsides.

If managers feels threatened by being measured by their employees after their employees start measuring them, well, that's also an interesting reflection is it not?