Your Dream Job Is a Farce
This concept is emboldened by the idea of a “dream job,” which you can see plastered onto questionably predatory job listings, listicles, and the musings of motivational speakers. The idea is undeniably a trap—how can work, regardless of what you do, assume qualities that don’t feel like work?—but the concept remains a fixation for workers who strive to claim a certain sense of fulfillment from their careers.
If you’re a consultant who pledges to help unhappy workers find their ideal calling, then sure, dream jobs are real. These career coaches and workplace guides perpetuate the idea because it’s profitable, or at least lucrative enough to keep the dream, so to speak, alive.
In an aspirational society that celebrates rockstar CEOs, it’s no surprise that many Americans are gunning for their dream jobs in what’s ultimately a futile quest to attain something that doesn’t necessarily exist. Of course, having such lofty expectations can set workers up for a dramatic crash when reality sets in.
For Sophie Brown, a young journalist interviewed by the BBC in 2018, an idealized version of work didn’t match up with the long hours and demands of her fist big break in the industry.
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