Do you give your teen sims part-time jobs?

[itsamariokart]

I used to but I don't anymore. They barely have enough time to go to school, finish their homework and socialise without working.

[r_deNoube]

I don't either, for the reasons you gave. It gets a few points for a fulfilled wish, but when they turn adult, that's not a very big advantage -- I'd rather they have good relationships, and that they do well in school so they aren't stuck with a bad fifth trait.

[lauratje86]

I generally don't, no, even though they all seem to want one! Like you guys have said, I find it hard enough keeping them happy and keeping their grades up in school without adding a job to the equation..... I do give some of my adults part-time jobs though, if I think that it fits their character better than having a full-time one. I use Twallan's careers mod too, which means there are more part-time jobs available and I can pick a suitable one for my sims :-)

[Shhh]

I'm like you, I used to but found I could barely get them enough sleep and to do they're homework. I haven't given any adults a part time job, though I'm thinking of a storyline of a single Mum who gets a part time job :D I didn't realise they could get promotions inside the part-time jobs until yesterday!

[itsamariokart]

I remember having a single teenage mother with a part-time job, school and homework :') That was a blast.

[jenieusa]

i dont either....i try to have the teenagers get as many skills built up as they can in the 2 weeks that i give them...so when they become
YA i can actually "play" with them....lol

[hannahmh87]

Only if my Sim is home schooled (using Twallans Career (http://nraas.wikispaces.com/Careers) mod).

[aGOLDENbox]

Usually I do, if that teen sim rolls the want. I try to get them the a job in the mausoleum because the hours are better.

[kerryanne13]

I usually have them work at the spa, you know the option you have that give them 2 days off in a row. For one, it's right after school so they get home and they can do their homework and if there's enough time left I have them go out on a date or hang with friends. I usually have them just talk to friends at school, that usually takes care of all their social needs.

[Orilon]

Usually I do, if that teen sim rolls the want. I try to get them the a job in the mausoleum because the hours are better.

That's what I do too. Because the Mausoleum job starts later, they actually have time to do homework after school. What irks me is when Twallan's SP gives the teen a job in the grocery store while I'm playing another household.

[PunkyBreester]

I really only give them jobs if they roll the want (which they always do - even the couch potatoes..), and if they're "spares" that I don't really pay much attention to anyway.

[hannahmh87]

That's what I do too. Because the Mausoleum job starts later, they actually have time to do homework after school. What irks me is when Twallan's SP gives the teen a job in the grocery store while I'm playing another household.

That can be stopped by choosing household options on his StoryProgression (http://nraas.wikispaces.com/StoryProgression) mod.

[PhenethyaSim]

I do if I A.) the household really could use the money or B.) I have to many teenagers and children running around. I had a game not to long ago where I had six teens a child a baby and two adults. I simply didn't care enough about all six teens to make sure they turned out perfect so I stuck a few in part time jobs. It was like daycare for teens and they got paid.

[SpookyOkyBatGirl]

I only do it if it's part of a legacy. The teen sims having jobs irks me, because it feels like my teen sim is the ONLY ONE WHO DOESN'T HAVE IT. I'm having him flirt with his romantic interest so that they could date and she runs off to go to work right before he could ask her to go steady.

[lisfyre]

It depends on the family finances. If the teens are from a rich family then no, if they're from a middle class family - most time yes, and obviously if the family is poor then they definitely have to.

[MiniMimi]

It was already impossible to do in Sims2 and it's still impossible to do, unless a sim day has 48hours lol. Whenever I tried I always ended up with the teen having crappy grades or being fired from his part-time slavery!

[Ive]

Depends if I want to make a certain sim. Like one that will grow up to be a scientist I usually place in the graveyard. Or a shallow girl to work at the spa. Dutiful school person for the bookstore etc.

Other than that I tend to just keep them out of part time jobs so that they get more time for other stuff, like mentioned.

[Simsdestroyer]

I used too when I was playing only one family, but not anymore, I try to build relationships with them while there young.

[lewisb40]

When there weren't that many EPs in the game I did get teens jobs. Also I haven't played kids to teens since the base game, so now I am playing a family with kids I will have many other ways for them to get money, like helping in the garden, fishing, collecting, selling to the appropriate RH, make more use of Twallan's Careers mod. You all have wonderful ideas.

Now I do want to play a poor sim with only a part-time job. Might have fun with that setting, the rich sims kind of bore me. Then again once they get good with gardens and fishing, they can have a good living. Sigh.

[britbeex]

I actually do. I don't know why, but I like teenage life to be complicated. I want my daughter to be a single mother, go to two afterschool clubs, go to work, come home and do her homework. It's so much more of a challenge then playing regularly.

[hannahmh87]

I actually do. I don't know why, but I like teenage life to be complicated. I want my daughter to be a single mother, go to two afterschool clubs, go to work, come home and do her homework. It's so much more of a challenge then playing regularly.

:blink: I do not have the patience for all that!

[lisfyre]

Now I do want to play a poor sim with only a part-time job. Might have fun with that setting, the rich sims kind of bore me.

That's fun lewisb. Create your sim - any age then put them in a really small lot and build a very basic house with the funds they have. Get them a part time job and the rest of the time have them skilling up - all skills to master all the while keeping the part time job and see how far you get.

I had a single mom and a daughter once. Mom was in the medical field and once her daughter grew to teen, I got the teen a job in the spa. At one point, daughter was earning more than mom was :) I thought that was funny.

[olomaya]

I will sometimes have a teen in a struggling family get a job to help out but usually I don't.

I'm too busy setting up Gossip Girl-like dramas for them to get into complete with love pentagons and two-timing best friends. Also, I've become obsessed with putting all my teens in garage bands lately so who has time to fold sweaters at the spa?

[kewpie]

If they are workaholics I do. Those sims LOVE working and will get a positive moodlet from working hard. They will also work at home whenever they can and make even more money.

[lemonheadian]

I did in Sims 2, when it actually helped. But now that there's no benefit, I see no reason to. They're usually better off skilling for that age group than working.

[MiniMimi]

If they are workaholics I do. Those sims LOVE working and will get a positive moodlet from working hard. They will also work at home whenever they can and make even more money.I never thought about that, good point. But really IMHO they would still be missing out too much, namely socials (friends, BFF, pajamas parties, first love, first date, prom, heck even snobbing is cool!) or skilling (all the school activities and freelance skilling). I try to get the maximum out of their teen years - OR send them to a boarding school if I don't feel like it.

[High Plains Gamer]

If the family needs money, there are more efficient ways of making it. For example collecting stuff. As a general rule, any sort of self employment is generally far more lucrative than a regular job. Also with pet, teen jockies can make a lot of money.

For me, the more controverisal question is whether to have them drop out of school. If they don't go to school, they will take a hit in terms of getting a negative trait. But they can also do some serious skill development. If they play their cards right, they should be able to get enough lifetime happiness to buy off the negative trait. Also, there are a number of opportunities they can receive which both are lucrative and substantially improve their skill performance.

Also consider that once a sim has achieved an A, they can maintain it without doing any further homework. Once they have an A, or a solid B, you can have them stop doing homework altogether, have them do an opportunity and bring their grades back up. The only time grades really matter is just before the sim ages up.

Parents and teachers will cringe when I post this, but a lot of school is a waste of time. Teachers sometimes don't really know what they want the kids to do, so they fill the kids' time with all sorts of meaningless busiwork.

[Vault boy]

After Generations came out, not anymore. The school clubs' schedule conflicts with most of the part-time jobs. Besides, with a decent level of Painting or Writing, it is superfluous to give them a job.

[Sorelligirls]

Hardly ever. I also feel that it takes away from the teens "need" to be teenagers. More than likely, by the time they are of age to make money, their parents are at the top or near the top of their careers. There is really no need to bring more money into the house - and I feel that teens and younger should be free to be kids as long as they can. Teens are already busy enough with school - their "job" in my opinion. They always do after-school activities, hang out with friends, and do a LOT of skilling/reading.

One exception I can think of was when playing the Halliwells from Charmed - after both parents died, Teenager Prue helped Elder Penny out with the bills by getting part-time work. But teen was also a Workaholic, so it worked out for her.

[J. M. Pescado]

Not unless I don't have anything better for them to be doing. Usually I have them grinding skills instead, which is a better job. Rabbithole work is basically an excuse to get rid of a sim for a few hours, for 12s, the pay isn't even worth mentioning.

[ocorreia]

After Generations came out, not anymore. The school clubs' schedule conflicts with most of the part-time jobs. Besides, with a decent level of Painting or Writing, it is superfluous to give them a job.

Same here. After Generations, my Sims teenagers do not have part-time jobs anymore. I keep them busy with school, after-school activities and socialising at the park / sport bar.

[lisfyre]

After Generations came out, not anymore. The school clubs' schedule conflicts with most of the part-time jobs. Besides, with a decent level of Painting or Writing, it is superfluous to give them a job.

Only my rich teens get to do that. My poor teens have to go get part time jobs to help out with the household.

[clynnc19]

I never give my teen sims jobs. I use that time letting them get to know the person I want them to marry :)

[blakfyr999]

not a chance. the only thing that'll do is make it harder to keep them happy and up to par

[lewisb40]

I will sometimes have a teen in a struggling family get a job to help out but usually I don't.

I'm too busy setting up Gossip Girl-like dramas for them to get into complete with love pentagons and two-timing best friends. Also, I've become obsessed with putting all my teens in garage bands lately so who has time to fold sweaters at the spa?

Love pentagons? DAMN!

[DinkieDoo]

It usually depends on how much money the parents earn. Some teens from rich families don't get a job or do well in school, and they spend the rest of their lives living off their parents earnings. Until I decide they're in debt and they loose everything, which is always a fun scenario for me to play out lol. Poor teens do most of the time, and so do ALL the teens from my orphanage, otherwise they have to move out. Apart from those sims no other teens really ever get jobs cause I'm to busy trying to match them up with someone :luff:

[Vault boy]

Only my rich teens get to do that. My poor teens have to go get part time jobs to help out with the household.
By the time my first gen's sons are at teenagehood, the parents are either at the top of their carreers or on the process of getting there. Might have to do with how badly I get them to grind skills. :lol:

[lisfyre]

By the time my first gen's sons are at teenagehood, the parents are either at the top of their carreers or on the process of getting there. Might have to do with how badly I get them to grind skills. :lol:

Same here. My children start skilling up as soon as they've aged into child phase and keep skilling up. My rich sims are tops in their careers and kids don't have to work. My poor sims I keep poor by taking their money away.. I only ever let have enough to pay the bills. I make them donate tons to everyone, buy gifts to give away ... anything to keep them poor. I can't have an all rich town you know :)

[Claire the Bear]

The story progression I use has an annoying habit of assigning literally every teen a part time job. So quite often I'll get a message saying my sim is going to a friend's house after school, only to then have a message pop up seconds later saying 'I have to leave now so I think it's time you left also'. So why invite them round in the first place if you have to go to work straight after school?!
I also hate it when you're teen sims have done all their homework and are ready to meet up with a friend and do something fun but everyone they ring is 'just heading out to work now, trying calling back in a few hours'...etc.
This is the very reason I don't tend to give my teen sims job. They end up having no life, no time to socialise or go out. The fact that they also have such a tight curfew AND get homework literally every single day doesn't help matters either.

On the other hand, jobs can be pretty useful to get your teens out of the house for a bit so you don't have to worry about them. And the money can be pretty useful for poorer sim families.
If I have large legacies with several teen children at once then at least one of the teens will probably end up with a job, just to get them out of the way for a while whilst I concentrate on the other sims.

[Vault boy]

The story progression I use has an annoying habit of assigning literally every teen a part time job. So quite often I'll get a message saying my sim is going to a friend's house after school, only to then have a message pop up seconds later saying 'I have to leave now so I think it's time you left also'. So why invite them round in the first place if you have to go to work straight after school?!
I also hate it when you're teen sims have done all their homework and are ready to meet up with a friend and do something fun but everyone they ring is 'just heading out to work now, trying calling back in a few hours'...etc.
This is the very reason I don't tend to give my teen sims job. They end up having no life, no time to socialise or go out. The fact that they also have such a tight curfew AND get homework literally every single day doesn't help matters either.


If you're using Twallan's, you can disable teens getting jobs at the "Careers" option. ;)