I can educated guess the subtext on this from seeing it so many, many times: software is being deprecated and/or going into maintenance mode, or isn't good ROI

I can educated guess the subtext on this from seeing it so many, many times: software is being deprecated and/or going into maintenance mode, or isn't good ROI, so bean-counters trying to save money by finding sub-minimum wage labor with zero concern for software quality. Now starts the death spiral of weeks to get anything done because ESL developers can't understand the specifications nor the docs and focus on just getting shit hacked in because they couldn't code their way out of a wet paper bag. Bugs proliferate and more hacks applied until development collapses in a pile of un maintainable junk and then new shiney is brought in in an attempt to make progress before business folds. High probability business folds. When this happens get out. The shitty developers will taint your own skills eventually.