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As Employees' Skills rise, they deserve Promotions if you want to maintain their satisfaction, and thus employment.
This is a continuation of our section on managing a Retail Store in The Sims 4 Get to Work. For the basics, start with Opening a Retail Business: The Basics of Running a Store. This section will cover Employees in detail. I'll also provide some general tips for improving your business here. In the next guide, we'll look at Customers and Sales, then Retail Perks.
Employees' Role
While Maxis may improve the AI of Employees in some future patch, for now I can say that they're definitely not meant to take care of everything. Left on their own, there will be very few sales. You will not get Retail Perk Points for their interactions with customers. This means it's best to have your own Sim working customers, while they take care of restocking and cleaning. It's not a bad idea to have them answer customers' questions, either, but when they get tied up talking in group conversations, a lot of sales can be lost if you rely on them to ring up all the time. You should also watch for their roles to shift and manage them every day, sometimes checking on their assigned role multiple times during a shift.
Managing Employees means maintaining satisfaction while raising their skills and putting them to best use.
Improving Skills
As previously discussed, employees can go up in level based on what they're doing in your store and gaining experience in those areas. It is in your best interest to keep employees happy for this reason. They'll work harder for you, and you'll waste less time on employees that have low Skill in the areas you need - particularly work ethic. Here are the three Employee Skills and how they can be improved. It's fairly obvious, but important nonetheless.
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Restocking is a task best suited for your employees or done after hours on a busy day.
Work Tasks
You should assign your employees' work tasks based on what needs done. Simply click the employee, then assign them to something.:
Financial Reports calculate your profit. Revenues minus restocking costs and Employees' hourly wages. Hiring another can be a big decision when they cost upwards of $400/day.
Employee Job Levels & Satisfaction
Employees have job levels and set pay that scales a bit based on their Skills once they reach Executive Sales Associate. When an employee gains a Skill level, their Satisfaction will fall if they feel they are not being paid enough. You can keep Satisfaction around neutral or above by using 'Check Up On' and 'Praise'. Don't hesitate to 'Berate for Slacking' as the option will only be available if they have been doing so. That option along with criticize gives some skill experience in work ethic. If their pay is too low and they're very dissatisfied, this might be a bad idea though. They should get a promotion when it's due. Here are the rough pay levels and guidelines for when an employee should be promoted to that level. This is about what it will take to get an employee to 'Satisfied' or 'Very Satisfied' along with regular use of the two positive reinforcement socials at your disposal.
| Job Title | Wages | Recommended Skill Levels |
|---|---|---|
| Junior Sales Associate | $19/hour | 6 total Skill Levels |
| Assistant Sales Associate | $24/hour | 8 total Skill Levels |
| Sales Associate | $31/hour | 10 total Skill Levels |
| Senior Sales Associate | $40/hour | 12 total Skill levels |
| Executive Sales Associate | $51/hour | 12+ total Skill levels |
It was mentioned in the introductory guide, but is worth repeating. It's best to use 'Allow to Clock Out Early' when you are running a long shift that approaches 9 hours. Use the Retail Shop interface to see how long you've been open, and consider using this to show employees some mercy when they have been working too long. It does help with their satisfaction level.
Onward to Sales and Customers!
You're on page 2 of a four-part piece on Managing Businesses in the Sims 4 Get to Work. Next up is Customers & Sales. Head back to the beginning if you still need the basics.
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Comments (16)
Still a bit time consuming, however, you can use MCCC to clear out the Sims you don't want in the list. First, make sure you have a mailbox on the lot. Click the mailbox, select MC Cheats - Sims/NPC Household Cheats - Summon Sim - then select the method you wish to designate the particular Sim (I usually "List All Sims"). Once the Sim appears, Click on them. Select MC Command Center - MC CAS - Manage Traits - Remove Trait - then, without typing anything into the field, select OK. At or near the bottom of the list will be a trait designated as "Vendor" which you'll click on. Go ahead and close out of all the dialogue screens and open your employee management window. Walla! A new sim is now listed in place of the old one.
Is it possible to let the employee open the store and earn money them selvs without me opening the store? cuz I hv a job already.