I'm a project manager for our company. Just got chewed out by my boss because I presented a proposal which my team based off of 3 years worth of data. They told me that they don't want to hear about the data and what they want is to see their vision. What that vision is, idk. They said they don't know either and it's my job to figure that out.
Here's the worst part of this stupid meeting. They told me that I shouldn't be arguing and just say yes. Told them I'm defending my team's work, it's intelligently made and researched after all. They told me it's not my job to defend my team in general, it's just to make sure they push out products so we can please stakeholders. Further told me that my team shouldn't even be overworked without even knowing what our workload is. Also told me to just find a way to squeeze more out of them somehow. They ended the call after an hour and a half of convincing me to just say yes to everything and to apologize for not doing things their way.
I'm tired, offended, and I feel bad because I feel like I failed the people who were looking at me to protect them from abuse. I accepted my promotion because I thought I could change things a little but I guess I was being too idealistic.