Everything is a “priority”. Your daily tasks are all a “priority” but a random project that is thrown in your lap one day becomes a “priority” - when given a due date for said project, upper management is wanting results within the same day or days before the original due date. You are 110% replaceable in the eyes of upper management. If you do something they don’t agree with, be prepared to feel pushed out or bribed/bullied into agreeing with them.