Work Dreams: S, JK, Artwork Contest, M laughing

Date: 11/18/2018

By Yeraz

I dreamt that my coworker S (Account Manager) sat me down in the W office. He was smiling and he said “N, look!” And waved his hands toward the conference room as if to show me something amazing. I don’t remember what it was/the dream didn’t show it, but it seems like he was trying to encourage me after the recent horrible situations at work and showing me that something wonderful is coming. Then I dreamt I was talking to the director JK on the phone. I don’t recall what she was saying, but it seemed like she was explaining the “politics” of the workplace to me, almost as if to help me, or tell me what to do/how to act in the future at the workplace for my own benefit. I may have been somewhat annoyed but I don’t totally remember. Then when I was done with the conversation, I looked at my phone and the screen showed that I was actually talking to PP - my bible study leader from last year who also works as an HR recruiter. It seems to mean perhaps that JK won’t be a problem anymore, perhaps something good will come of this whether at my current job or somewhere new. Lastly, I dreamt that there was an artwork contest between the MTs at work. E had this artwork piece or cake that looked really fancy, like a piano with other flowers and such. M had this like oven mitt that was adorned with many small but pretty artistic decorations. The third one was very similar to M’s, almost identical to hers. I’m pretty sure that one was mine but it wasn’t totally clear. When I first looked at E’s artwork, I was jealous. I couldn’t believe how much more fancy it looked than me and M’s. However when I took a closer look, I realized that there was a significant slice taken off the back of the cake/artwork and part of it was missing. It wasn’t as perfect as it looked from the outside. I ended up voting for M’s artwork and wrote her name on a piece of paper and entered it into the voting jar. I think it means that although E’s work may appear better than mine to my manager/the director (as E was recently chosen for a FT position over me), it’s not as perfect as it appears in reality. They also tried basically saying that M and E were both more productive than me despite my attempts to show them that I had legitimate reasons for that such as my additional work in another area of the company that M and E don’t have responsibility for. However, this dream shows that my and M’s artwork were nearly identical, meaning they are incorrect in their interpretations - my work in reality is nearly identical to M’s, and E’s work is not as perfect as it appears to them. Also in the dream, M saw E’s name printed, as if when she read that E got the FT position. M began laughing, as if it was some kind of joke. She said “What?! E needs so much hand holding.” And she just kept kind of laughing and rolling her eyes about E getting the job. I think It meant like, E always needed my help to get all her visits in. She barely ever attended important meetings - I attended them for her since she always had some excuse with her personal life as to why she couldn’t be there. Perhaps this means she may not be able to handle this position, perhaps she won’t be able to handle the pressure, and all in all management is not correct in their assessment of our work and in their decisions. BOOM!