@mos_8502 oh yes. It's absolutely a common issue in corpo (and probably any job where what you do is not immediately evident).

Security? WTF, we never had a breach, we don't need you.

Programmers? We have the product already, why do we need so many of you?

I had a boss telling this to my face:
"It's not what you actually do, it's what you show you're doing that is important".

And with that and the "If you liked your job I wouldn't have to pay you" (different boss) I decided I had enough of this career and the next is shoveling manure.