Going to Work
Unlike early The Sims games, in The Sims 4, there are no buildings in town that your Sims actually travel to for their work, and they don’t get picked up by a car. Instead, when it is time for work, they change into an outfit for their career—if required and provided by that career—and walk to the curb where they disappear for a number of hours. Then when their shift is completed, the Sims return home—usually with some needs that require tending after a long day at work.
How hard do you want your Sim to work? You decide!
While at work, you can not directly control your Sim or even access their informational windows in the lower right corner of the screen. However, you can set the tone of their work efforts. While each career has some different tones, they are all very similar. To select a tone, locate the Sim’s small portrait at the screen’s bottom left side and click on little Briefcase icon to open a menu of options. The default tone is normal where the Sim does a moderate amount of work and his or her needs decay at a normal rate. If you move the cursor over each tone, it gives you a description of the effects of the tone. Usually two or more tones will decrease the amount of work your Sim does, but help build up needs such as Social or Fun. While you can take it easier, you can also choose to work harder. There are one or two of these options as well. By working harder, your Sim will progress faster toward promotion. However, he or she may become Tense and this can decrease Energy, Social, and Fun needs more quickly depending on the tone you select.
Changing CareersYour Sims are not stuck working in one career for their entire lives. In fact, you can change careers as much as you like. Just use the cell phone to quit your job. Or you can find a new job and when you get it, you can then quit your old job. After reaching level 10 in a career, you may decide you want your Sims to try something new. The downside of starting a new career is that you are likely at a lower level and will be making less money. However, if you find you can’t live on this reduced income, you can always see if there is an opening in your previous career. If there is, you can get your old job back. When you quit and rejoin a Career, you will rejoin at one level below the level you quit at. The level at which you rejoin will continue to decay the longer you are not working in that Career. For example, If you quit the Astronaut Career at level 5 and rejoin the same day, you will be at level 4. If you decided to join two or three days after, you will re-enter at a lower level than that initial day. If you have already chosen a branch in a career, you are stuck in that branch. Unfortunately you can’t go back and try the other branch with the same Sim. |