This is a management hiring issue. A manager gets put into place (usually an inside hire) who is either outside of their competence or too set in their ways an

This is a management hiring issue. A manager gets put into place (usually an inside hire) who is either outside of their competence or too set in their ways and it impacts morale, hiring, communication, and eventually software quality and compensation. These managers are often at the mercy of their team. They usually report to a nontechnical VP or director who isn't hip to the resume building, lack of velocity, and implicitly lowered expectations. I have interviewed at, consulted with, and worked for some of these orgs. It's basically a 50/50 shot on whether the situation is salvageable, and that's after management has made the wise decision to bring in an outside eye. My favorite anecdote on this was a local company related to insurance of some sort. I pitched my services but was passed up on for someone else who I knew would only further the problems. A very short while later, I received a stack of resumes, including for the person they brought in to right the ship, all on the same day. Management got so frustrated with the development team they blanket fired everyone in IT below Director level and outsourced development to Romania.