I forgot to mention it in my post, but I’m assuming that if someone is already on Yearn’s payroll, they would not be eligible for this sort of a thing– since like you said, they are already being paid for their work with Yearn.
The main benefit I see from this is essentially putting those who are generating value in the Yearn community transiently on Yearn’s payroll. However, instead of paying up front for the value you know they are going to add (all of Yearn’s current salaried workers), this only rewards those who are creating value after they have already done so. Again, I think this would require some oversight from the current community mods (to gatekeep bots/abuse), but it could be a nice way to continue to reward valuable contributions to the ecosystem. But again, it’s hard for me to be objective here.