A company and managers not respecting refactor is a culture problem, having two backlogs that are weighted differently is just a workaround to the culture probl

A company and managers not respecting refactor is a culture problem, having two backlogs that are weighted differently is just a workaround to the culture problem. That culture usually isn't from managers being ignorant of the value of refactor, it's that incentives for them (bonuses, etc) are aligned against the latter backlog. If you fix the incentive, all the other pieces will fall into place.