It should at least work like the Microsoft/Asobo business model - Market and get paid wheather or not you did the job “correctly” or as promoted. Their reputation seems to have taken a devastating hit like we see happen to us in game though. Asobo has demonstrated that the reputation part of career mode is coded similar to IRL by setting the example.
However, I still enjoy using the the career mode - as frustrating as all the incomplete features are.