What is wrong with the freelancer career?

I wish I'd read this thread beforehand. I purchased the Moschino SP along with ROM a couple weeks ago, but haven't tried the new Fashion Photography freelance career until last night. My Sim took the photos for the kid's formal wear gig just fine, that completed. She also got them approved and sent back in the mail the next day just fine too. But it didn't check off as completed.

So being the noob that I am with this pack I thought, well, maybe if I upload the approved photos to fashion Simstagram, both parts will be checked off and the gig complete. Nope, obviously, because she had to travel to the library to use their computer since she doesn't own one. *sigh*

I've submitted two more for approval and plan to get my Sim a computer so she can stay home to submit these additional photos to fashion Simstagram. Hopefully the process will complete this time. Something weird happened too while she was at the library in Windenburg. After uploading the photos, she was hungry so I sent her to a food stall in the area to grab a hamburger. While standing in line the Ministry of Labor thing popped up asking my Sim to register her career. Why?

Also, y'all say to not travel to another lot, keep your Sim at home during a gig. Does that include the public area surrounding their lot? My Sim rents an apartment in the Spice District and so far hasn't bought a fridge or anything, so she depends on the vendors for food. lol Thinking I might need to get her a fridge now too. o.O

Note, who here has had the issue where you can't see the concepts in your inventory? And which ones have had their inventory previously empty before they completed the concepts on the sketchpad?

Mine was bugged and didn't work until i emptied my inventory with everything i could set down. That might work for some of you. If you can't see the concepts, empty your inventory, try again.

"LoveMcQueen5683;d-966610" wrote:
I sign up for a gig (I'm doing the electrified artist branch) and my tasks are there but I do them and it doesnt register that I completed them. It doesnt matter what task it is. Chat, study reference materials, paint portrait on sketchpad. Doesnt acknowledge I do it and I dont get paid.

Quick Google search of this issue and you'll see posts from this forum from all the way back in April with the same problem. Has this career really been bugged for 6 months?

No mods or CC.

I found that with the writer freelance career, you have to click on the completed item in your inventory and select Submit for Approval (I think that was the wording). If you don't submit the finished product, you don't get paid, just like Real Life freelance work.