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''[[The Sims]]'', ''[[The Sims 2]]'', ''[[The Sims 3]]'', ''[[The Sims 4]]'', and their expansions each have several career tracks. A career track is a group of jobs with a similar theme that a Sim must progress through by gaining skills and making friends which will lead to promotions. Each adult career track has ten levels to progress through. Sims are paid daily after work. In ''The Sims'' and ''The Sims 2'' Sims are paid by the day. In ''The Sims 3'', they are paid by the hour.''

Sims that fail to go to work on a regular basis, that have continually low job performance, or that receive a negative chance card outcome, can be fired from their job. Fired Sims immediately return home, without pay, and become unemployed until they find a new job. Getting fired is often a fear for Sims, and can negatively impact a Sim's mood or moodlets.

In ''The Sims'', Sims will be fired after missing two consecutive days of work. If Sims miss one day of work, they will receive a warning over the phone.

In ''[[The Sims 2]]'' and ''[[The Sims 3]]'', Sims that are holding a career may choose to retire once they become an elder. Elders are not required to retire, and may work full-time up until they die. The Sim will keep earning their full pay as an elder until they call in and retire. After this, they will still get some money (exactly 28.5714286% of their salary) at the end of each day in the form of a [[pension]], but it is not as much as if they were still working. In ''The Sims 2'', if they choose to retire from a full-time job, an elder may not get another and will only be able to acquire part-time jobs for the duration of their lifetime. In ''The Sims 3'', elders can get another full-time job after retiring, but they will not be able to retire from their new job or receive the pension from their previous job.