You would think so, but this is very often not true.
You'd be surprised by in how many businesses you can simply plod on with no repercussions, but if you try to test (and reduce your apparent immediate output) you can get a bad review or a PIP. In some, automated testing is not even something they are aware of. But what happens to the software, you say? Well, all software eventually ends up either working/used or not working/abandoned, and tests often have very little impact in this decision...
This was for example the case in the "shared services" unit of a MAJOR oil & energy company. Probably the first you will think of.
You'd be surprised by in how many businesses you can simply plod on with no repercussions, but if you try to test (and reduce your apparent immediate output) you can get a bad review or a PIP. In some, automated testing is not even something they are aware of. But what happens to the software, you say? Well, all software eventually ends up either working/used or not working/abandoned, and tests often have very little impact in this decision...
This was for example the case in the "shared services" unit of a MAJOR oil & energy company. Probably the first you will think of.