@Ecosynchronous My coworker(s) at the Waterfront also turned into SimActor2Name, for both the Marine Crypto-biologist and Astronaut careers! Took screenshots, and realized that same day the creepy mannequin from Izzy’s showed up in the Science Center as well as a statuesque Emily (without her llama zoom truck) out front. That was Monday.
Today, the mannequin is gone, but Emily remains and the waterfront is a sort of dead zone where no other Sims roam, like they usually do, so my Sims do all their work tasks without “clients” or other Sims to interact with. It doesn’t make the game unplayable, just a little lonely with three of my Sims working on careers over there.
I’ve seen the bug reports that seem to link the Izzy Mannequin, the vacant area without other Sims, and frozen Izzy/Emily - so the kidnapped coworker being involved doesn’t seem like a stretch.