Test scripts break every time the application changes
Developers update the code and locators fail. Your QA engineers spend the next sprint fixing scripts instead of running them. Skilled people, doing the wrong job.
Flaky tests make your CI/CD pipeline a guessing game
Tests pass locally. Tests fail in the pipeline. Nobody is confident which failures are real. Developers route around the test suite, and the suite stops influencing release decisions.
Coverage stalls because only specialists can contribute
Business analysts understand the workflows. Manual testers know the edge cases. Neither can touch the automation suite without a developer present. Your test coverage reflects that exclusion.