Matches my experience too, both consulting and in-house as the person who'd be the first to even consider looking at the database query logs or running "explain" on queries.
A reason for ORMs is that a lot of developers fear the database (EDIT: not the only reason, to be clear; I love and use ORMs). A result of ORMs is that a lot of developers think they can avoid understanding the database.
A reason for ORMs is that a lot of developers fear the database (EDIT: not the only reason, to be clear; I love and use ORMs). A result of ORMs is that a lot of developers think they can avoid understanding the database.