The other problem I encounter is designers working in B2B, but designing like they're working in B2C.

For B2B (especially enterprise B2B), your software is just a tool your customers' employees need for their day jobs. Fancy animations, multi-colored gradients (because gradients mean "AI" now, right), and other gaudy crap does not make it easier for anyone to do their job. It's just noise -- constantly distracting users who are just trying to navigate through dense, text-heavy dashboards.

If you want to design "pretty" and "delightful" experiences, then it doesn't make much sense to join a company that revolves around CRM/ERP workflows. Work for a company whose value is directly tied to users' warm and fuzzy feelings.

Also most consumers don't want to admire fancy animations. If they want to switch channels on their TV, they want the channels to switch now, not wait for a fancy animation to entertain them in the meantime.