The Sims 3 Ambitions Guide Walkthrough Traditional Careers

Business

The business career unfolds exactly as you might expect. Sims dutifully report to work in the morning to attend meetings and climb the corporate ladder.

As you approach the top of the career ranking, the requirements to reach each new promotion become harder to juggle. But that should be expected for a career with such incredible financial rewards.

You cannot coast. You must work hard, appealing to both the boss and co-workers so that one day that corner office is yours.

Work Location: Doo Peas Corporate Towers (both towns)

How Hired: Report to business tower, answer computer ad, answer newspaper ad

Work Week: The career is a Monday through Friday job with normal business hours. At first, the hours are a little longer. However, over time, those hours are spread out across meetings that are required as part of the job at different times.

Salary Progression: This career pays very little at first. However, when you move up the ranks, the Simoleon rewards grow exponentially. As you close in on the top levels of the career, the salary is huge.

Business - Career

Level	Position	Work Days	Start Time	Length of Day	Average Daily Pay	Average Weekly Pay	Pension Pay	Metrics for Promotion
1	Coffee Courier	M,T,W,Th,F	8:00AM	6	160	800	40	Mood, Relationship w/ Boss
2	Filing Clerk	M,T,W,Th,F	8:00AM	6	208	1,040	50	Mood, Relationship w/ Boss
3	Report Processor	M,T,W,Th,F	8:00AM	6	271	1,355	70	Mood, Relationship w/ Boss, Relationship w/ co-workers
4	Corporate Drone	M,T,W,Th,F	8:00AM	6	353	1,765	90	Mood, Relationship w/ Boss, Relationship w/co-workers
5	Department Head	M,T,W,Th,F	8:00AM	7	530	2,650	130	Mood, Relationship w/ Boss, Relationship w/ Co-workers
6	Divison Manager	M,T,W,Th,F	8:00AM	7	689	3,445	170	Mood, Relationship w/ Boss, Relationship w/ Co-workers, Meetings Held
7	Vice President	M,T,W,Th,F	8:00AM	7	896	4,480	220	Mood, Relationship w/ Boss, Relationship w/ Co-workers, Meetings Held
8	CEO	M,T,Th,F	8:00AM	6	1,434	5,736	280	Mood, Relationship w/ Boss, Relationship w/ Co-workers, Meetings Held
9	Venture Capitalist	M,T, Th,F	8:00AM	6	1,721	6,884	330	Mood, Relationship w/ Boss, Relationship w/ Co-workers, Meetings Held
10	Power Broker	M,T, Th	8:00AM	3	947	2,841	400	Mood, Relationship w/ Boss, Relationship w/ Co-workers, Meetings Held

Business Tones

Tones	Description
Business as Usual	Perform average job duties
Hold Meetings	Available to schedule meetings, slows performance growth
Meet co-workers	Allows Sim to possibly meet new co-workers that have not already been met outside of work
Chat at Water Cooler	Build relationships with co-workers
Suck Up to Boss	Build relationships with boss
Power Work	Work hard to increase performance, but adds stress
Meet Medical Personnel	Allows Sim to possibly meet new co-workers that have not already been met outside of work<

Benefits and Rewards

To work your way up this career, you must have a good relationship with the boss. This can be achieved by the Suck Up to Boss tone, but this risks alienating co-workers.

This turns into a problem later in the career when the relationship with co-workers becomes a metric for which your promotion is judged.

Being charismatic can help with this career because after meeting co-workers on the job, you can then improve those relationships outside working hours.

Once you reach the Division Manager promotion, you can start holding meetings and meeting opportunities come regularly.

Making these meetings becomes a critical metric for making additional promotions. Here, the career starts to consume a lot of time and attention.

One of the key benefits of this career comes at the top promotion to Power Broker. Now, you have complete control over working hours by choosing to hold meetings at your whim.

You are paid for these meetings, too, so you have control over how much money is made during that specific day. A day full of meetings is very lucrative.

This flexibility allows the Power Broker to pursue different skills or attend to a household without worrying about a heavy work schedule.