The last place I worked had manual QA teams, which covered parts of the testing that weren't easily automated. In particular, they had workflows to go through f

The last place I worked had manual QA teams, which covered parts of the testing that weren't easily automated. In particular, they had workflows to go through for each expected function in the UI. I don't know how common that is anymore; as you've noted, a lot of companies de-emphasize the need for a dedicated QA team.