I've been on teams pushed to create feature after feature. After some time, we literally begged to refactor code. We begged to do what was best for the company. Guess what? They didn't listen and new features became painful to implement. Of course some of us refactored code on the down low, but this is dangerous (they aren't fully QA'd or reviewed) and kind of insulting to have to sneak around doing the right thing.
For me hearing a company refactors its code is refreshing.
I've been on teams pushed to create feature after feature. After some time, we literally begged to refactor code. We begged to do what was best for the company. Guess what? They didn't listen and new features became painful to implement. Of course some of us refactored code on the down low, but this is dangerous (they aren't fully QA'd or reviewed) and kind of insulting to have to sneak around doing the right thing.
For me hearing a company refactors its code is refreshing.