I can attest to this. I had similar experiences when I was in Aerospace. The complete incompetence of management is staggering and the mentality to stick with w

I can attest to this. I had similar experiences when I was in Aerospace. The complete incompetence of management is staggering and the mentality to stick with what has worked keeps efficiencies down. They instead went after the workers to "work harder" instead of allocating time and money to automation. I finally left and went to work on automation for industries that were receptive to creating tools that would make them more efficient. It's exceptionally frustrating to be in such a position, and you are right, it's better to do nothing and find yourself a place that fully understands what it means to save time and money by spending a fraction of it to fix while putting functioning processes in place to mitigate the risk of someone changing anything without going through the proper channels to ensure that the tools continue to work.