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The problem is when the push back is not standardized. I've seen bad code go through with comments like "we can deal with these things in a later PR or two" but then other code gets flagged for "it fixes one problem but it could fix three other things too" which increases scope. An inconsistent standard is better than no standard but it's just as frustrating.

They're not pushing on quality. They are plainfully pushing against it and deliberately risking to introduce more bugs.

It's all a balance though, right? And really, about the flexibility of the environment. You have to be able to recognize and deal with a broad spectrum of priorities - this, at least, was not prioritized highly enough across the environment and that meant it wasn't handled gracefully.