Weird to see how fast you wave with money..... Instead trying to convince the makers to do something about it, maybe if we all returned the game, how would your boss think of that.... wait for the headlines in the papers....
So far no employee of EA has written anything here. Operative is a level you get when you promote through the ranks, we are just forumers. Also, by making a comment on the forum the programmers aren't going to take work on it again to make some people happy, and even if they did, they will make other player unhappy. It's never good for all players to get sattisfied.
But it seems that some people already written of this game and when other players give advise it's still not good enough. If you want everything to be the same as in previous versions then don't buy new games. No matter what game, there will be changes.
Not sure what's so unrealistic about a sim being at work and then can't use him for other things. Like i said, the guy who posted this played 1 hour and said it's no fun. If you continue playing you get promoted quick enough and you can have many things that make money for you like publishing a book or selling records. You only work 6 days a week for a short while. My sim works 3 x 4 hours. I fast forward and within 45 seconds he's home.
Edit: i now read what you meant Mblackkatt, i was typing while you posted another reply