...and then the current team is told they will focus on maintaining the "Legacy Platform" meanwhile the new team who has done jack shit gets 3 years to underdeliver, all the while being the golden children at the front of every line. The Legacy Team gets undermined and disrespected at every executive review, despite the fact that the entire company or program depends on them, either as infrastructure or to generate actual, you know, revenue.
Oh, and after 3 years, the V2 Team will fail but simply move on to another project or company, with no accountability.
Replace "Legacy Team" with "BAU Support" and new team with "Projects" and this mirrors what I see.
The people who keep the lights on aren't doing anything exciting to write down in a report. Or if they are, then that is bad news. The best you can be is a butler - invisible but effectively keeping things running smoothly.
But your pay/wage/salary won't be invisible to the accountants who see you as a cost centre.
Oh, and after 3 years, the V2 Team will fail but simply move on to another project or company, with no accountability.
Yeah, this sounds familiar :-)