He was prepared to commit his life to perfecting his skills, saying: “That was all I cared about.” Instead, at the height of his career, working in his dream job in the revered Scottish eatery, he quit.In the face of these pressures, some workers find themselves asking whether the dream job is really worth it after all.I decided that the money didn’t matter, which obviously it does – Andrew “This kind of thing has been buzzing around for years now, but it became really transparent in lockdown, about following your passion and your dream job,” says Eleanor Tweddell, career coach and author of Why Losing Your Job Could be the Best Thing That Ever Happened to You.But career redirections to get a dream job may not always work out as people hope, particularly if employers take advantage of their workers’ passions.“And to some extent, the employers might know this and thus ask those dedicated and passionate employees to take on additional work or abide by dreadful conditions.” This practice of passion-exploitation is particularly prominent in creative industries; a 2019 survey showed most creative jobs in the UK – such as journalist, fashion stylist, musician and game designer – fell below the annual average salary."