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juliem_1986's avatar
6 years ago

Sims Can Get Fired?

Is this a new thing or have I just never done the "right thing" for my Sim to get fired from her job? One of those questions popped up for her Education job and so I went with one that ended up getting her fired! She was so sad. I'm assuming once you are fired from that job you can't get it back that you have to get another one? I just didn't think that'd happen in the Sims. Unless that's something new?

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  • You might be able to get a job in the same career, but you might have to start back at the bottom. I remember the chance cards winding up with a Sim getting fired quite a bit in Sims 3. In Sims 4, if you continuously do poorly on the job (go in a bad mood due to low needs, not do the extra home tasks, etc.) your performance could drop low enough where you get demoted or even fired. There's a reward trait that you can buy with Aspiration Points, Professional Slacker, that supposedly prevents demotion or firing, but I've never really tested it to see if it works.
  • Yeah you really need to make an effort to get fired in the Sims 4. I have personally never experienced a sim getting fired in this game but they used to get fired more often in previous games, many times without me really doing it on purpose.
    But it was pretty fun to have them be unemployed and struggling for a while, or they could just easily get the same job again and start a little lower on the career ladder I think.
  • You can go back I believe, I am not sure if you have to wait or not. The only times I have ever chosen that option my sim was going in a different direction with a different career anyway so I chose for them to get fired. I hope it works for you.
  • EgonVM's avatar
    EgonVM
    Seasoned Ace
    6 years ago
    To all saying that it's from Get Famous, nope! It's education career.

    I have got a similar chance card from administrator career. It had no picture (like Get Famous careers have). I chose an option and my sim didn't gain any fame. He just got fired. The chance card was about giving scholarships to rich youth or something like that. I chose to give them it and the notification said that they were bad students and as a result my sim got fired (there was nothing said about fame).

    Plus I haven't encountered any Get Famous chance in post-Get Famous careers (military, conservation etc).
  • @EgonVM there are chance cards came with Get Famous. They pop up for all careers not just the fame related careers.

    I did answer one and a sim got fired, I was so angry I didn't take chances anymore. Then I recently tried it and my sim was promoted and got other stuff.

    There are also questions that pop up that are not GF cards too. Most of the time I end up ruining my sims day, but I haven't gotten fired with them
  • You could get fired from base game chance cards. It just didn't happen very often at all
  • EgonVM's avatar
    EgonVM
    Seasoned Ace
    6 years ago
    "troshalom;c-17583291" wrote:
    @EgonVM there are chance cards came with Get Famous. They pop up for all careers not just the fame related careers.

    I did answer one and a sim got fired, I was so angry I didn't take chances anymore. Then I recently tried it and my sim was promoted and got other stuff.

    There are also questions that pop up that are not GF cards too. Most of the time I end up ruining my sims day, but I haven't gotten fired with them


    There are five special things with Get Famous chance cards.
    1. It has a picture.
    2. The game tells you what happens when you choose that choice.
    3. One option gets sim famous (and some other things), the other is the safe option that leaves the sim's life unchanged.
    4. These can only pop up once per level (or career and its brach).
    5. Each pre-Get Famous career and their branches have only one such chance card.

    Due to this and the fact that I haven't seen these in post-Get Famous careers (the careers that are in the packs that come after Get Famous expansion pack), I don't think there are any for post-Get Famous careers. Though if I come across some or if a picture that show a fame chance card for post-Get Famous careers, I'll change my mind.
  • I got one a little while ago for Siobhan Fyres, something about being a whistle blower, the option I picked got her fired from the business career.

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