Layoff Mod by Twinsimming 💼❌
This mod is inspired by the layoff feature from The Sims 4: Growing Together, reimagined for The Sims 3.
This is a script mod that can be placed in your Packages folder. It was built and tested on 1.69 but should work fine on 1.67.
Severance & Unemployment Benefits
Sims YA and older who work in rabbithole careers have a 2% chance of getting laid off from their jobs at the end of each work day. If a sim is laid off, they will get the custom Laid Off moodlet and be offered severance and/or unemployment, depending on their career level at the time of the layoff.
Level 1: No severance or unemployment benefits
Level 2-4: Only unemployment benefits
Level 5-7: Severance and unemployment benefits
Sims at career level 8 or higher, self-employed, or in active professions will never be laid off.
After a sim is laid off, they cannot reapply for their previous career or any other career available at the same rabbithole until the Laid Off moodlet expires in one sim week.
Severance & Unemployment Benefits
Severance is offered to laid off employees who previously held a career level of 5 or higher. The lump sum payout is determined by the following equation:
((Base pay per hour) x (Hours worked per day)) x kDaysOfSeverancePay (default: 5) = Total Severance Payout
Unemployment benefits are automatically given to laid off employees who previously held a career level of 2 or higher. This is a once a day payment of §50 (tunable), lasting until the Laid Off moodlet expires in one sim week or your sim gets a new job; whichever comes first.
Laid Off: Given when a sim is laid off from their job, lasts 7 days, -50 mood, makes sims stressed
All of the tunable values can be found on the mod download page under the header “Tuning”.
I would suggest using this mod alongside Gamefreak130’s Job Overhaul mod, for an extra challenge in getting a sim back on their feet and back into the job market following a layoff.
This is a new script mod so there shouldn’t be any conflicts.
Sims will get the Fired moodlet and fired notification when laid off, but those can be ignored.
EA/Maxis for The Sims 3 and The Sims 4, Visual Studio 2019, ILSpy, Gimp, Notepad++, and Script Mod Template Creator.
A special thank you to gamefreak130, @zoeoe-sims, @flotheory, and @phoebejaysims!
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