Tests or unit tests? When people refer to writing tests, they usually mean unit tests. In the last four years, our unit tests have caught maybe one or two bugs.

Tests or unit tests? When people refer to writing tests, they usually mean unit tests. In the last four years, our unit tests have caught maybe one or two bugs. The time and resources spent on fixing those bugs after they were in production would have been a fraction of the time and resources spent on writing unit tests. Unit tests simply don't catch bugs and spending time on them is time wasted. Judging a company as having a bad engineering culture because they don't do pointless, unnecessary, and superfluous work that doesn't benefit them seems to be more a reflection of your ideas than the company itself. I'd say that reflects quite well on the company and its engineering culture. If you're talking about other automated tests, they may or may not make sense depending on your team size and product.