keeping staff happy is hard

I can never get mine past neutral, either. I'm not sure what else I need to do. Have a party and invite them? I really don't know.

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I'm facing the same thing , they're never happy , and the waiters keep peeing themselves too

"XElladoraX;14899779" wrote:
Yeah neither do mine, all of the hired staff are maxed out on skills and are on the highest wage and still are on neutral. Has anyone tested building a higher relationship level with them to see if it goes past neutral?

Yes..my sim in having a fling with the server...she is the one that never showed up for work so I fired her butt out of there lol..so high relationships don't matter

i thought i was the only one having a problem with this? its annoying when theyre constantly unsatisfied. :neutral:

as I have understood the game, neutral is good, another thing you can do is get the inspirational speech perk.
great to cheer them up and make them like you more

i have had staff satisfied a few times but it has been hard work to get them there. i praise them regularly more than 3 times per shift plus i use the inspirational speech interaction whenever it becomes available (After buying the perk that is)

Remember to promote them as that affects their moods. The staff in my restaurant have maxed skills so are each promoted to level 5 now and flip between neutral and satisfied.

Occasionally one of the wait staff don't turn up but do a few days later. I assume its meant to resemble RL taking sick days or personal days. So i don't fire missing staff especially since I've invested in their training ( I do have more than 1 waiter so i can manage without 1 every once in a while)

Also i never have my restaurant open more than 10 hours at a time that way they don't become too tired as that will also affect job satisfaction

Have you tried opening for shorter hours? Maybe your staff are run ragged?

"EmmaVane;14913050" wrote:
Have you tried opening for shorter hours? Maybe your staff are run ragged?

I started to do this.. I had created a scenario where I play the guy instead of the girl that I had intended to put together.. I was able to hire her as a waitress.. When he went collecting things around the area, he ran into her because her house was in the same area of the restaurant ( I put it there after I hired her and moved her in without playing her). Both waitresses live there and was fishing and she was walking somewhere.. I had my Guy Sim try to talk to her and she acted like not you again.. Sent him to the gym and she walked away from him.. lol next day I had him to the check up on her and she said in the comment " If you were to put as much time running your business as much as your checking up on me, you might do better" hahaha!!! So... I started doing short shift in the morning where all tables are sat at, disallow new customers - finish them up - close the doors.. then in the evening do the same thing.. They all seemed to function a little better.. so I agree, you can run your staff ragged and they won't want to see you.. not to mention whomever is able to give birth in your game.. lol they could end up doing that as well.

"Charliimai;14912975" wrote:
i have had staff satisfied a few times but it has been hard work to get them there. i praise them regularly more than 3 times per shift plus i use the inspirational speech interaction whenever it becomes available (After buying the perk that is)

Remember to promote them as that affects their moods. The staff in my restaurant have maxed skills so are each promoted to level 5 now and flip between neutral and satisfied.

Occasionally one of the wait staff don't turn up but do a few days later. I assume its meant to resemble RL taking sick days or personal days. So i don't fire missing staff especially since I've invested in their training ( I do have more than 1 waiter so i can manage without 1 every once in a while)

Also i never have my restaurant open more than 10 hours at a time that way they don't become too tired as that will also affect job satisfaction

i can only praise them once a shift....it is greyed out after i praise them and says you have already performed this. But i do praise them and send them to classes and ask how their day is and promote them....anything i can do i do it...still nada. I dont open for more than 10 hours...only sad part is that near the end of the shift is when it starts to get busy and pick up so i lose alot of simoleon income