That's been pretty much exactly my experience too.
For what it's worth, multiple times in my career, I've worked at shops that once thought they could do it quick and cheap and it would be good enough, and then had to hire someone 'picky' like me to sort out the inevitable money-losing mess.
From what I've seen even Opus 4.5 spit, the 'picky' are going to remain in demand for a little while longer still. Will that last? No clue. We'll see.
You can be picky with Opus, just yell at it to refactor a few times. To reduce refactor cycles, give it correct and enough context before you start along with expected code style, etc. These things aren't one shot magic machines.