Ways to improve Get To Work and make it worth owning

This is a personal opinion and I’d appreciate negativity be kept to a minimal, you can dislike something and disagree, all I ask is the extremely uncalled for and unreasonable or sensible negativity be kept to ones self or displayed somewhere else. I want to keep this thread open and friendly to simmers usually made uncomfortable by all the usual arguments we see on here and talk about what would improve the active jobs function in a calm and relaxed manner, rather than everyone biting each other’s heads off. And so we begin!

First being extremely obvious, save your sighs for later: MORE JOBS. despite having careers we can be active in, there are only 3, if I’m correct, unless you count running a business as a job In that case it makes 4 but overall we don’t have nearly enough active careers to engage in game and that upsets me because for a pack called GET TO WORK.....where’s the work? We had jobs patched in and then received only a few minior interesting careers to fill in the gaps when personally they should have called the expansion LETS MAKE SCIENCE! Because haven’t you noticed all the active careers involve some type of science, medical, criminal, space age, etc, it’s like they couldn’t think of anything other than science and released dine out on the side because it never occurred to them to make working at a restaurant an active culinary career rather than a poorly designed pack. No offense to the software team but it is lacking.

Second: what types of jobs? Military, acting, financial, building, cab driver, pilot, train operator, therapist, stylist, manager at various companies or stores, dog walker, carpenter, firefighter, cop, photographer, the list goes on and I want you to help with suggestions because the options are endless so comment below what you want to see as a job.

Third: What’s the deal with aliens?! EA throw us aliens and give no depth to them whatsoever apart from a secret unlockable area to visit via portal, even then it’s just plants and hills, where’s the homes, the tech, the story, ships, weird food and alien couples with their rebel kids taking the ship for a test drive in the middle of space? Why are we given a blank occult sim which we have to work on ourselves rather than be given premade families to shake things up? Since owning GTW I have not seen a single game made teen alien or child or elder unless I’ve made him or her or them myself. I never get a secret alien family hanging out in town disguised as regular human sims, I don’t get any alien related housing options, I don’t have anything apart from aliens that I need to give life and reason to. I’m not being rude but what the plum? In sims 3 we had ships, alien powers, yes they didn’t have as much depth as sims 2 but it wasn’t as bland as sims 4. Please for the love of lama, in whatever upcoming pack is being designed right now....please make alien families, vampire families too because yes I like Vlad and the brother and sister from Forgotten hollow but again....we need more. Aliens mostly because they haven’t had their own pack and need a reason to be and their own devices and abilities other than to scan brains and sound weird when they speak. Also more alien related outfits, I hate being unable to have any space style outfits or the ability to use the style guide for my aliens because honestly they’d have better style than human sims.


Forth and final for now: consequences to your career choices that affect that sims life and situation in the long run. You work in politics? Be aware your status and whatever scandals happen will haunt you and your kin. An actor on the big screen? Be ready for the stalkers and paps, don’t be a diva because your fellow actors won’t react well to your attitude, also be aware your children and partner will be judged and have their careers made or tarnished by what you do during your career. Yes even once you’re retired what you do can make or break something your children or grandchildren do.
Former world star chef? Your son has a better chance of going up if he gets cooking rather than sticking to the office 9 to 5.
Aspiring cop, protect your family from the threat of danger and be ready for daredevil thieves wanting to risk their lives to break into your home to prove they’re the best.
Retired rocket man? Dozens of former lovers? Lothario of the universe, welllll surprise old man! You have a lil blue daughter wanting to meet her dad for the first time and yes you can reject her Claims and save your marriage, or you can bite the bullet, go see her and out that interstellar affair to your wife of twenty years who could with every right walk away, or she could forgive you, the options are yours but be ready for what’s to come.

I’m going to mention adding cars in a patch which will also give jobs another tweak with carpools with friends and other employees, yes it’s a big feature to throw in but what I loved about sims 2 and 3 was dragging my sim to work in their old banger of a trash can. It added depth and gave me more sense of actually going to a job in game, sounds stupid but it does add depth.

I’m going to end this here on my end and leave you to fill in the gaps. Everyone is welcome and please be constructive. We want to improve sims and make each other feel welcome within the community.

I hope all of you have a great day and happy simming!