Very old job
I found myself at a job I held as a factory worker calibrating small medical devices. But there was a problem because I was getting laid off. When I worked at this factory it was about fifty years ago and me and another coworker worked the night shift to calibrate about four or five devices each. But in the dream it took two factory workers to calibrate each device. I accepted the lay off because there was nothing I could do. The dream morphed into another where I was sitting at a round table with several DF’s around. We all worked for a large company that analyzed soil samples. The economy was falling apart and we were loosing money and clients. I explained to the DF’s sitting at the table that I came up with an idea. We would all take a ten percent cut in salary and pass the savings to our clients. I acted as if I was on a phone call and a client was on the other end. I motioned as if I was picking up an imaginary phone and said hello to company XYZ. I said we are changing our contract with you from one thousand dollars to nine hundred dollars. I hung up the imaginary phone only to pick it back up as if it just rang and said hello to company ABC. I said we’re changing our contract with you from one thousand dollars to nine hundred dollars and hung up the imaginary phone. I told the DF’s at the table that word would soon get out that our rates have been cut and business would soon improve. We all seemed very optimistic.
✨ AI Generated Interpretation
Thank you for sharing your dream. It contains rich symbolic themes related to work, change, collaboration, and adaptation. The setting of the very old job, particularly in a factory where medical devices were calibrated, may symbolize a connection to precision, care, and responsibility in your past experiences or aspects of yourself. The fact that you were getting laid off and that more workers were needed per device might reflect feelings of displacement or changing roles—perhaps highlighting how external circumstances or shifting expectations can impact one’s sense of contribution. Your acceptance of the layoff could symbolize a readiness to acknowledge parts of life or identity that have naturally evolved or ended, acknowledging a chapter that is closing. The transition to the meeting with the DF’s around a round table introduces a sense of collective problem-solving within a challenging economic environment. The round table itself often symbolizes equality and open communication, suggesting a collaborative approach to difficulties. Your idea of a collective salary cut to pass savings onto clients indicates themes of sacrifice, innovation, and proactive adaptation in the face of adversity. The use of the imaginary phone calls to clients may point to your inner dialogue about communication, negotiation, and influencing outcomes even when direct control feels limited. Overall, this dream seems to explore emotional themes of change, resilience, and cooperation—navigating transitions from familiar past roles into new challenges with optimism and inventive solutions. It may invite reflection on how you engage with change and the ways in which collaboration and flexibility support growth both personally and within community settings.