The Most Common Job-Related Dreams

We spend almost half of our waking lives at work, so much time that it adds up to about 90-thousand hours during our lifetime. So, it’s really not surprising that our jobs have a starring role in our dreams, in fact, new research shows that 64% of Americans admit to having work-related nightmares. And a new report uncovers the most common ones.

The team at JobLeads, an online job search platform, analyzed global search data to find out how often people searched for the meaning of job-related dreams.
So, what career-related things are haunting our dreams the most? Dreaming about being late for work comes in first, with more than 86-hundred (8,640) online searches for the topic a year.
Losing a job or getting fired is number two, with 7,020 yearly searches.
JobLeads even brought in celebrity psychic and dream expert Inbaal Honigman to break down what these work dreams mean.
She says being late for work is a classic stress dream that “reflects feelings of pressure and being overwhelmed by work demands.”
As for the nightmare about getting fired, the expert explains this dream “symbolizes job insecurity and worries about financial stability.”

The Most Common Work-Related Dreams