Slacker
The Slacker career track is a career first introduced in The Sims: Livin' Large, and made a comeback in The Sims 2. The primary focus for Sims is to have a career in service. Neither The Sims 3 or The Sims 4 or any of their expansions have a slacker career, though part-time jobs in The Sims 3 and The Sims 4 are similar.
The Sims Edit
In the base game, career tracks that had the highest pay at rank 1 had the lowest pay at rank 10, and vice versa. The slacker career path upended that expectation by having the lowest pay in every single rank out of all 15 career paths that existed at that point. In return, the hours were generally shorter, giving the Sim more time to build friendships, clean up around the house, piss on the floor, or do whatever they would rather be doing than working. However, reaching rank 10 required more friends (15) than any other career track except politics and paranormal, so all that extra free time typically got wasted on inviting the neighbors over and chatting with them for hours just to get promoted. Later, The Sims: Unleashed expansion would add two career paths (culinary and circus) whose severely bent pay curves dipped below that of the slacker; however, slacker's pay curve was still the lowest and flattest overall. Out of all 20 real careers from The Sims and its expansion packs, slacker also has the absolute worst ratio of pay to friends required to reach rank 10 ($600/15 friends = 40), making it the least rewarding career track to climb. Only politics even comes close ($750/17 friends = 44.1).
A Professional Party Guest will eventually change careers and become a Back-up Musician in the Music career track.
Chance Cards Edit
Slacker Chance Cards | |||
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1) Golf Caddy | |||
No chance cards for this level | |||
2) Convenience Store Clerk | |||
Caught filching snack food from your employer! How embarrassing - the stuff doesn't even taste that good. Lose a charisma point, and be prepared for your friends to tease you mercilessly for your carelessness. | |||
3) Life Guard | |||
No chance cards for this level | |||
4) Record Store Clerk | |||
No chance cards for this level | |||
5) Party D.J | |||
Tsk, tsk. Hitting on the event planner and your poorly hidden attempt to sneak away to conduct your clandestine affairs when you were supposed to be working earns you scorn from the partygoers, and an angry spouse to contend with. Lose two charisma points and spend an extra $2000 on home security to avoid an ugly confrontation. | |||
6) Projectionist | |||
No chance cards for this level | |||
7) Video Editor | |||
No chance cards for this level | |||
8) Freelance Photographer | |||
Your film from your last vacation/ work excursion got distributed by accident - and to your benefit! An internationally acclaimed naturalists' magazine has used one of your panoramic shots on its cover. Gain one charisma point for your new popularity and receive $5000 from the magazine. | |||
9) Personal Tour Guide | |||
No chance cards for this level | |||
10) Professional Party Guest | |||
Your long-time presence in an easy-going job has led you to believe you can handle anything - even a successful career in the music industry. Just hope that some of your party friends work for record companies, to help pave your way in your new career, so you can avoid paying some of your dues.
Positive: Change to the Music career track as a Back-up Musician. |
The Sims Bustin' Out Edit
The Slacker Career returns in The Sims: Bustin' Out as a Free Play exclusive Career.
The Sims 2 Edit
Slacker is one of the ten basic careers in The Sims 2. Similar to the Slacker career from Livin' Large, it's one of the lowest paying careers. Also, it requires the fewest skills of all careers for promotion, though it does require a high number of friends at the upper levels. If The Sims 2: Apartment Life is installed, Gearheads are likely to work in this career. College majors associated with this career are Philosophy, Literature and Art. The career is usually a want of a Sim with the Romance or the Pleasure aspiration, but can be chosen by any Sim at the age of teen, adult or elder. The career reward object is an AquaGreen Hydroponic Garden. It is awarded at the Party DJ level and builds the creativity skill.
Oddly enough, the work uniform for teens and elders at the top of their career, working as "Convenience Store Clerks" wear the red fast food worker uniform for the culinary career, instead of the yellow and green shop assistant uniform adult sims wear at this level. This was presumably an error by the game developers.
Adult Promotion Levels Edit
Teen/Elder Promotion Levels Edit
Adult Chance Cards Edit
- For more information on Chance Cards in The Sims 2, see Chance card.