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[[File:TS4GTW Icon.png|left|60px70px]]'''''The Sims 4: Get to Work''''' is the first [[expansion pack]] for ''[[The Sims 4]]''. It was released in North America on March 31, 2015, in digital and physical formats for PC, and digital for Mac.<ref name="release date" /><ref name="release confirmation"/><ref>[http://simsvip.com/2015/02/04/ea-announces-the-sims-4-get-to-work-expansion-pack/ EA Announces The Sims 4: Get To Work Expansion Pack by SimsVIP]</ref> It includes three new active careers; Detective, Doctor and Scientist, and also allows Sims to own and manage their own retail businesses. It is a spiritual successor to ''[[The Sims 2: Open For Business]]'' and ''[[The Sims 3: Ambitions]]'', with some elements from ''[[The Sims 3: Seasons]]''.

== Official description ==

[[File:The Sims 4 Get to Work Logo.png|left|120px]]'''Rule the Workplace'''

You rule the workplace with The Sims 4: Get to Work. Actively control your Sims while they’re on the job, and determine whether they're headed toward a big promotion or are becoming the workplace menace. Jump to the rescue and save countless lives as a Doctor, torment your neighbors with mischievous inventions as a Scientist, or investigate crime scenes and crack the big cases as a Detective. If you’d rather be your own boss, you can even create, customize, and manage your own retail businesses and become a Simoleonaire! You decide how your Sims get to work.

'''Become a Doctor, Detective, or Scientist.'''  Control your Sims in all-new career venues, and use your analytical mastermind to create crazy inventions as a Scientist, see what secrets you uncover as you investigate crime scenes as a Detective, or treat patients, deliver babies, and perform emergency surgery as a Doctor.

'''Create unique retail businesses.'''  You rule your business! Create any type of retail business you desire, including bakeries, clothing boutiques, art galleries, bookstores, and many more. Customize every facet of your business with Build Mode and watch the Simoleons roll in! Select what items to sell, manage your employees as you see fit, and schmooze your customers to close the sale.

'''Learn new skills.'''  Teach your Sims some new skills to create more unique objects to enjoy in The Sims 4. Capture the picture-perfect photo or bake and decorate a delicious treat with the new Photography and Baking skills. Display your creations at home or sell them to earn some extra Simoleons!

''The Sims 4: Get to Work'' includes a new independent neighborhood - [[Magnolia Promenade]]. Magnolia Promenade is not a full world, and contains four lots, three of which have prebuiltpre-built stores, and one empty lot that the player can build their own business on. ''Get to Work'' also includes a [[secret lot]] called "[[Sixam]]" (which is "[[Maxis]]" spelled backwards), which can be found using the Wormholewormhole Generatorgenerator, available at level 10 of the new Scientist Careercareer. Sixam is a great place to find some alien friends or find new collectablescollectibles.

[[File:The Sims 4 detective screenshot.jpg|thumb|290px300px|A detective investigating a crime.]]

''Get to Work'' also introduces brand new active careers, which are the main focus of the expansion. These careers give the player an opportunity to follow Sims to work. When the player is following a Sim in their workplace, the player is given tasks that are needed to be completed in order to have a promotion. There are three active careers: [[Law Enforcement|Detective]], [[Medicine|Doctor]] and [[Science (career)|Scientist]].

In ''Get to Work'', Sims can once again have their own retail businesses. After a Sim purchases a residential or vacant lot for their retail business, they will travel to that lot. While they are on the retail lot, players have two options to manage the store. The simplest way of managing the store is through the "Owned Business Panel" located in the bottom right of the UI, next to Needsthe motives panel. From this panel, players can manage a Sim's retail store as they would with a Registercash register. The Businessbusiness Panelpanel shows each lot's name, whether it is open or closed, and number of hours opened for.

Customers will enter the lot and will walk to a random object or mannequin of their liking, with a bar above their head that showcases their interest to buy. Getting it to the top is when the customer will decide to purchase the goods and an employee or the owner can ring them up. There is a variety of retail businesses such as a photo gallery, bakery, book store, or clothing shop. Shops can sell practically any item.

[[File:TS4 Alien Mind Control.png|thumb|290px300px|AlienAn alien mind controlling a [[Sim]].]]

Sim-like playable aliens return in the ''Get to Work''. Aliens are similar to those in previous games, though there are a few differences. For example, they appear roughly the same as before, but glow slightly when feeling strong emotions. A notable exception is that they now have multiple skin tones, including blue, green and purple. They wear either a black, green, or grey body suit. Aliens can also wear normal Sim clothing.

* [[Invention constructorConstructor]]

* [[Mannequin (The Sims 4object)|Mannequins]]

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* New [[Secretsecret lot]]: [[Sixam]]

TS4 GetToWork Announce2.png|A [[Business#The Sims 4|clothing shop]].

TS4 GetToWork Announce3.png|[[Photography]] skill.

The Sims 4 detective screenshot.jpg|[[InvestigatorLaw Enforcement|Detective]], an [[active career]].

TS4 Alien Mind Control.png|The new [[creature]] [[alien]] mind-controlling a [[Sim]] on [[Sixam]].

TS4_393_EP01_LAUNCH_02_003b_v3TS4 393 EP01 LAUNCH 02 003b v3.png|A [[Sim]] gets [[abducted]].

AileenNed.png|Finding love on [[Sixam]].