There is also a perverse incentive for employees to point this out. Why would a product manager highlight that the status quo is flawed? Why would an engineer s

There is also a perverse incentive for employees to point this out. Why would a product manager highlight that the status quo is flawed? Why would an engineer shake stuff up and optimize tired old code instead of just cranking out a shiny new features? Raising these issues would ruffle a lot of feathers. I would not do that just to make my own life more difficult and possibly point out that my own position is redundant.