Of course the code it generates is pretty shit and full of comments…but it works.
If it's shit but it works, it's still shit. You are building technical debt that will eventually have to be paid when you get more customers, and current codebase starts surfacing bugs, security and performance issues.
Before you say it, yes, our codebase is shit, and was shit. We have practically no devops, no real team structure, and something is always on fire, though I’m under the impression that this isn’t very uncommon nowadays…
Sounds like your team doesn't have a strong technical leadership, or they're prioritizing expansion rather than stability. Maybe you're working for a startup and have yet to turn profit? Or your clients don't care about quality and reliability.
At only 3 years experience you are still learning, and it's telling that you can already recognize AI slop code. I feel sorry for you and hope you cna find more fulfilling work that will let you grow, but I dont't know what the job market is like right now. I believe that if all you do is interface with AI all day, your job itself can be replaced with AI, so the experience you're getting now may be of very little value as a software engineer. But who knows, AI is a real disruptor, and being able to review and scriutinize AI code can be a skill in itself.
There's a wide gap between skimming it and spending 30 mins. I rarely spend 30 mins reviewing, but then again the PRs are usually not huge, and I the codebase has automated liners, tests, and other checks.