Gartner penalizing "boomerang" employees

It's an open secret that when you move from SMB to enterprise at Gartner, the pay isn't great and they cap your income. It used to be the case you could leave, show you're a successful rep elsewhere, and if you want to come back get market rates. Gartner has a new rule that penalizes employees who leave then come back. New employees get market rate, old employees are capped at a few percentage points higher than former OTE regardless of past (or current) performance or success. I started selling at Gartner and worked up bigger positions with more responsibility. I outperformed most new employees but still made less money than them. I also saw other employees I outperformed leave Gartner and literally make double the money. So what choice did I have but to leave? You'd think Gartner would reward employees who stay and grow with the company by paying them market rates. Nope--now they penalize BOTH Gartner reps who stay and who want to come back. This is just another example of Gartner's "manage by excel sheet" leadership style.