I have faced this myself also. You are not supposed to make yourself look good, you are are supposed to make them look good.
And not only management... But from fellow employees if you come in and make them look bad with your work ethics and productivity. Because it forces them to do the same and most just want to do only the bare minimum to keep the position.
Yes, I have the coworker problem, too. They don’t complain at all about what I say or question—just that I do. What I say is rational and pertinent and the recordings of the meetings show the presenter said my questions were “very good” and that my comments were correct. It’s not the presenters having a problem with me, it’s people who don’t have a clue and want to go back to sleeping remotely from the office.