This Unemployment don't cut it for my Sims. I would love to have my sims employment listed as Self Employed as was in Sims 3. I know there is no court house to register a Sims Self Employment but they can use the computer to register.I'm not the kind of Simmer who play the available careers with all my sims and they are far from Unemployed when they are Painting into a million simolean income. Currently I'm playing a farming family who use the garden as their fortune with a custom built farm/home in play. I would like a Roadside Stand used for selling Art work or Food grown in the family gardens. I know you can build stores for that but that process is too long and takes away from the love of painting and gardening. A internet market for collectors or programmer skills.I need to see self employment in TS4. Self Employment FieldsPainter or Artist, Farmer or Gardener, Programmer, Author, CollectorStore Owner, Restaurant OwnerAre there other hobbies or skills that can be listed in the Self Employed category?Am I the only one who plays this way?

I would love that too. It makes no sense that a store owner is categorized as unemployed.

Yes I need this! I have an ambitious sim who owns and runs a very successful retail store but he is always tense from being unemployed :|

I haven't played with sims in the retail area just yet... reading this is surprising. How can you be an owner, but you're unemployed? If anything you're self-employed, not unemployed. Ahh -- enough of my pet peeves at the moment.I don't think you're the only one that plays this way. The only careers I liked for my sims were the ones that could work for themselves or worked where I could follow them to work.The Sims 4 is lacking in this area, but I wish it will be improved. I love to have and more so, to 'see' my sims working and earning a living, but it's so very limited at the moment.

Such excellent ideas :)It's bit rediculous that my hard working store owner/painter with a decent income is listed as unemployed....

**Please Add Self Employment to The Sims 4 **

AfterMidnight13
New Spectator
8 years ago
I would love for this to make a return. I was delighted when they added this in TS3. It'd be great if they'd patch it in or something to TS4.
Terra575
8 years ago
This would be great. It always bugs me when my successful business owners with the Ambitious trait get tense because they are "unemployed".
Joanne_Snow
Rising Traveler
8 years ago
Signed... I really, really want this to come back too!
catwoman2005
8 years ago
What I don't understand either is way cant we become self employed masseuse's either since the Spa pack came out you would think we could do that as a job. Be good to have like mobile hairdressing and make up artist too.
Also I don't understand why we cant be a repair man/woman, pizza delivery, or mail man/woman as they are in the game but if u get chatting to them or move one them into your household it says they are unemployed
Terra575
7 years ago
Although there's been progress in this respect, I'd still like to see your Sim able to register as self-employed. It annoys me when my Ambitious shop owner gets tense for being "unemployed" when he's working 12-hour days.
Redrogue60
Seasoned Hotshot
7 years ago
I whole heartedly agree. Personally if I were calling the shots I would have made Careers cover Self-Employment in a bit more depth by being specific.

Self-Employment Categories

Self-Employed: Artist***
Self-Employed: Restauranteur
Self-Employed: Farmer
Self-Employed: Store Owner
Self-Employed: Author

***Artist Sub-Categories

Self-Employed: Artist - Painter
Self-Employed: Artist - Photographer
Self-Employed: Artist - Sculptor

Features of Self-Employment

Opportunity Chances - Just like with regular careers opportunities arise and in order to make extra money for your business you fulfill satisfactorily the perimeters of the cards. For example if you own a restaurant and a famous food critic comes in and you strive to make his visit good enough for a rave review.
Succesful chances would provide rewards for the business that aren't just money, for example employee benefits or prizes
Failing opportunities would have an adverse effect upon the business for example a bad crop or less traffic to the business
When another Sim asks "What do you do for work?" the response would be exactly what the Sim does and marked properly.

Career and Self-Employment Honorifics and Ranks examples

The Honorable… - for Judges
Nurse, Doctor - for Medicine
Alderman, Mayor, Senator etc - for Politics
Esq. or Esquire - for Attorneys
Professor, Principal - for Teachers
Officer, Sheriff, Detective, Constable - for Law Enforcement
Rank Titles - for Military
Farmer - for of course Farmers
Nanny - for Nannies
Coach - for Sports
thatGrandma
9 years ago
"Alorxico;14872722" wrote:
I'd like to see them add "work from home" as an option. So, you'd be Self Employed and could sell your creations from your house. Have a small shop in the front of your lot, or live in the basement / second floor of a building where the first floor is all shops.

Love it. I see some Sims in the game that are "Stay at Home Mom" but what but that still doesn't cover Self Employed.
TriplisTrip
8 years ago
"sherykah;888700" wrote:
I would like a Roadside Stand used for selling Art work or Food grown in the family gardens. I know you can build stores for that but that process is too long and takes away from the love of painting and gardening. A internet market for collectors or programmer skills.

Restaurant Owner

With Dine Out, you can now own a Restaurant.

And with City Living, there are a couple objects of note: The Street Gallery. Allows you to put Paintings on display and sell them. Gives options in regards to starting a "Yard Sale" and marking up prices.

And the Come and Get It Street Store. Same mechanics as The Street Gallery, more or less, but for selling other types of items. It even names Produce as one type you can sell in the description.
Briana2526
Seasoned Traveler
8 years ago
Oh I forgot we did that in Sims 3 yeah we need to bring that back.
Briana2526
Seasoned Traveler
8 years ago
I forgot about that gameplay in Sims 3 yeah self employed would be awesome in Sims 4.